Sentences with phrase «new gun safety»

Under a new gun safety law signed last month, it created the commission with investigating the Parkland shooting.

The resolution is a response to a new gun safety law Governor Rick Scott approved earlier this month that contains the «arming teachers» language as part of a voluntary «guardian program.»

Florida's new gun safety law includes the creation of a commission tasked with investigating the failings that led up to last month's mass school shooting in Parkland.

Corcoran is against an assault weapons ban, but he did champion Florida's new gun safety law during this past legislative session.

Under a new gun safety law signed last month, it created the commission with investigating the Parkland shooting.

While Putnam says he would not have likely signed off on Florida's new gun safety law, DeSantis says he would have vetoed the bill — had he been governor.

Student protests and calls for action have stayed in the headlines, and politicians are under pressure to enact new gun safety rules.

Not exact matches

As activists from around the country gather in Washington to march for gun safety regulation, new data shows that the National Rifle Association has been aggressively resisting their message through online ads.

«This is a chance for the Democrats to talk in tough terms about safety and security and also to link that to the gun issue,» said Robert Spitzer, political science professor at State University of New York at Cortland.

According to the New York Times, black students have never been responsible for mass shootings that drove the national conversation about gun safety and minority schools have never been the targets of such attacks, leaving civil rights groups wondering why black students would be the focus when seeking to address an issue that plagues white, male students.

In just a few weeks» time, we, the youth of the United States, have built a new movement to denounce gun violence and call for safety in all of our communities.

Some of us are new to this fight, but across America there are people, young and old, who have been fighting for gun safety and an end to gun violence of all kinds.

The spending legislation, which was viewed as the last opportunity this year for Congress to enact major new gun restrictions before the midterm elections in November, included only some school safety measures and modest improvements to the background check system.

From a newspaper article quoted on http://guncontrol.org.nz/; «Yet, figures collected by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council show relatively few gun - related deaths: 48 in 2003 and 55 in 2002.

Cuomo trained his crosshairs on seven New York Republican House members over the gun issue as Trump rolled out a school - safety plan long on NRA ideas like arming teachers and short on Democratic - backed proposals like universal background checks.

«Across the nation, several states including New York overcame the outsized voices of the guardians of the status quo and passed common sense gun safety reform that bans lethal assault weapons and helps keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill,» Cuomo said in the statement.

Working together we will build on all that we've achieved and continue to lift up New Yorkers by investing in our infrastructure, passing the DREAM Act, enacting campaign finance and voting reform, and further strengthening New York's nation - leading gun safety laws.

«States like New York with strong gun laws are proof that deaths can be prevented with common - sense gun safety measures,» said Peter Ambler, the group's executive director.

Also at 11 a.m., Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, lawmakers who are members of New York Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, and gun safety advocates to hold joint press conference calling for commonsense gun violence prevention legislation, LCA Room, LOB, Room 130, Albany.

New York has the nation's third - lowest rate of gun deaths among the 50 states, according to a new study that found a correlation between firearm safety laws and reduced gun deatNew York has the nation's third - lowest rate of gun deaths among the 50 states, according to a new study that found a correlation between firearm safety laws and reduced gun deatnew study that found a correlation between firearm safety laws and reduced gun deaths.

The states at the time announced they would create a research consortium, which Cuomo calls «a major step in our multistate partnership to research responsible gun safety legislation and take new steps to prevent illegal guns from crossing state lines.»

'' The use of bump stocks is currently illegal in New York, but we would support legislation that builds upon our strongest in the nation gun safety laws and further restricts possession of these deadly killing machines,» says Rich Azzopardi.

Abbey Fashouer, a spokeswoman for Cuomo's re-election campaign, has said the governor's progressive record is «unmatched,» including helping to raise New York's minimum wage, and pushing for gun - safety legislation and the legalization of same - sex marriage.

It also includes a narrow gun safety measure and a compromise on a New York infrastructure project that had become a lightning - rod issue with the president.

But Cuomo said New York can't do it alone, and that national gun safety measures must be enacted.

Cuomo touted New York's SAFE Act, which he pushed in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre and which he called «the single most aggressive gun safety law in the United States of America.»

During a debate in the New York State Senate on enhanced school safety measures, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a bill to ban teachers from having guns in schools.

City officials are authorizing new safety measures and equipment use at the Rikers Island jail, including taser guns for corrections officers, multiple sources confirmed to POLITICO New Yonew safety measures and equipment use at the Rikers Island jail, including taser guns for corrections officers, multiple sources confirmed to POLITICO New YoNew York.

March 23, 2015 (readMedia)-- The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association feels the need to issue a clarification statement regarding proposed state legislation referenced in the March 21 Post-Star story,» Assemblywoman asks students about gun safety.»

On May 3, 2016 supportive State Lawmakers including Assemblymembers Amy Paulin, Michelle Schimel, Brian Kavanagh, Patricia Fahy, Phil Steck, and Senators Jeff Klein, and Daniel Squadron joined approximately 170 high school students from New York City who traveled to Albany to urge lawmakers to support gun safety measures.

In a statement, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, also addressed Wednesday's mass shooting, saying that the fatal incident is «another painful and infuriating reminder of the inaction in Washington,» when it comes to gun safety laws.

: I am pleased so many of our state leaders are united in their commitment to address the issue of gun violence and school safety and thank you for your support of New York's students.

(Albany, NY)-- New York State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon today joined advocates including New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violenNew York State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon today joined advocates including New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violenNew Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violenNew York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violenNew York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violennew court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violence.

«Here in New York, we're proud to be home to the nation's strongest gun safety law.

«Rather than wait for the federal government to come to its senses and pass responsible gun safety legislation, New York is joining with New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island to take matters into our own hands.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The Democrat - controlled state Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing gun violence in the state, a day after Republicans who control New York's Senate approved bills that focus on school safety but don't address the gun control issue.

She said Cuomo has delivered for progressives by raising New York's minimum wage, pushing for gun - safety legislation and legalizing same - sex marriage in 2011, among other accomplishments.

During a debate in the New York state Senate on enhanced school safety measures Monday, Democrats asked the Republican majority to support a bill to ban teachers from having guns in schools.

Asked about the state's response to the mass shooting at Broward County's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, DeSantis said he would have approached a school - safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens in terms of their Second Amendment rights.»

Dubbed the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act,» or SB 7026, the sweeping proposal provides for stricter gun control laws, including a three - day waiting period to buy any firearm, and a new age limit — 21 (up from 18)-- for firearms purchases, along with an all - out ban on bump stocks.

Two gun safety groups in Maine are getting more than $ 3 million from a nonprofit backed by former New York City Mayor Bloomberg in preparation for a big gun control measure on the November ballot.

With Carey's help, New York passed the nation's toughest gun safety law, but his murder underscores the fact that our federal gun laws are woefully inadequate,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Everytown for Gun Safety, a group backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has launched an ad campaign urging Georgia's Republican governor to veto legislation allowing guns on college campuses.

Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun violence prevention group with ties to former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is endorsing Clinton for president today, arguing that she is the most likely candidate to take action to toughen the nation's gun laws.

«It's once again New York leading way, the way we did on raising minimum wage, the way we did on paid family leave, the way we did on passing marriage equality, the way we did on gun safety and it should be a wakeup call to this nation to say if you really want to be competitive globally, we have to have the best educated workforce and that means we have to have college for every child, man or woman, who wants to attend.»

Seventeen students and teachers were killed in a Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, sparking a public outcry for new gun - control measures as well as action to improve school safety.

In a statement Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk County) said GOP lawmakers were preparing a package of bills to bolster school safety but did not mention anything about new gun restrictions.

The legal debate over guns and the safety of New York's citizens continues at a fever pitch in the wake of the Herkimer horror, where four people were shot yesterday.

Among the questions: why would it be bad (in the mayor's view) for Tim Wu, who is to the left of Kathy Hochul, to be LG, how does the mayor square City safety concerns with Hochul's past stances on guns, whether as a past New York City Public Advocate de Blasio supports Tim Wu's idea that the lieutenant governor should act as a statewide public advocate, Hochul's current views on drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants, whether Hochul supports NYC's municipal ID program and why Hochul and Andrew Cuomo have refused to debate their primary opponents.

New York City public schools won't penalize students for missing classes to attend gun - safety protests Wednesday, if they get parental permission.