Sentences with phrase «of gun»

I'll advocate to reduce the glorification of gun violence in video games and movies if criminals or the mentally ill are using those images to validate violence.

Hall said political leaders have been «in terror of the gun lobby,» but now they need to know that faith communities such as his are willing to stand behind efforts to push for gun control.

This means engaging the issue of gun control must be directed toward stopping violence today — not primarily toward defending against a potential future where certain freedoms might be more restricted.

But I find the repeated talking points of the gun advocates, who have their fingers in their ears and just shout their talking points without even listening at all, or being willing to engage in a dialog that takes our penchant for violence and distortion serious, sad and sinful.

Kirsten: You also touch on something that I think is really important about the racial aspect of the gun debate.

Among the poor, the refugees, the victims of gun violence, and the faithful ministers of the gospel who at great cost are speaking out against the false religions of nationalism and white supremacy...

There I was, waiting for the shot of the gun in my hurdles heat, looking right and left at the boys and girls who were gritting their teeth as if they had waited their whole lives for this moment.

The whole experience was a painful reminder of how victims of war can be found on both sides of the gun.

«Guns don't kill people...» but the presence of a gun in a person's immediate environment has, in psychological experiments, caused frustrated people to have bloodier, more violent fantasies than the presence of a fishing rod.

The idea of the people being compelled, essentially the point of a gun by the government, to surrender their property so it can be redistributed to people the government has deemed more deserving is socialist / communist not Christian.

Quick question... what type of gun do you think «Jesus» would be packing..?

The argument of gun control is missed.

To those of you who reject Christianity because you resent imposition upon you, I agree that when it is / was done at the point of a gun it is wrong.

SAC You have apparently never been around the Pop Warner program in Texas... they stop just short of the gun to the head.

In a note to investors released April 5, BlackRock announced sweeping changes regarding the presence of gun stocks in its ETF lineup.

I will bet most of you so called atheists would call on god if you were in a really bad situation, Like the possibility of a gun to your head or a child missing or something like that..

As the community mourns, lawmakers in Florida are responding with mixed ideas on what to do to address the recurring issue of gun violence in the state and the national trend of terrorists continually targeting schools.

In the weeks after former student Nikolas Cruz's Valentine's Day massacre, Runcie was hailed for his calm leadership and outspoken embrace of gun reform and the #NeverAgain movement.

It briefly offered discounts to NRA members attending a single conference, 13 people took advantage of it and, when the airline axed that offer — saying it wanted to be «neutral» on a polarizing issue — a backlash was sparked among supporters of gun rights.

The March for Our Lives is a direct response to the Parkland shooting, which inspired Gonzalez and other student survivors to launch a movement in hopes of convincing lawmakers to address the issue of gun violence and, in particular, school shootings.

Survivors of gun violence spoke at the rally, telling their stories of hiding in classrooms, of hearing the pop - pop of gunfire in their neighborhoods.

The law, which President Donald Trump signed on Saturday as part of the omnibus spending bill, provides funding to train students, teachers, and law enforcement on how to spot and report signs of gun violence.

Trump told Republicans to keep concealed carry provisions out of any gun control package this time.

Even though the incident did not occur on school property, the shooting confirms some of the fears about what could go wrong if teachers were to carry guns in school — that the mere presence of more firearms would increase the risk of gun violence.

Delta Air Lines» decision to end discounts to National Rifle Association members made it a social media target of gun - rights supporters.

On Capitol Hill, support appeared to grow for a ban on the bump stock devices, either through regulation or legislation, as Republicans — who for decades have rejected any form of gun restrictions — began increasingly to speak out.

And in the past, lawmakers have been extremely slow to take up any type of gun control legislation, even when there's bipartisan consensus on things like background checks.

We have to end the absurdity of the gun show loophole.

And when you look at the way those young people are mobilizing, you look at the way some of these gun organizations are raising money, and they're mobilizing now, if this is a front center issue for suburban moms in this coming enough, it will change.

When we come back, we're going to get into the future of the gun violence debate and talk about those Russia indictments with the panel.

«I represent the African American women who are victims of gun violence, who are simply statistics instead of vibrant, beautiful girls full of potential,» Wadler said.

Gun sales normally spike when Democrats are in power, as gun owners» fears of gun - control measures rise.

22 percent of gun sales in this country take place without a background check.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tweeted that Congress had a «moral responsibility» to take «common sense action» to prevent «the daily tragedy of gun violence in communities across America.»

They put a spotlight not just on mass shootings, but also more common types of gun violence that are less likely to make national front pages.

In other words, even if you somehow completely eliminated mass shootings, America would still be an extreme outlier among developed countries in terms of both gun homicides and overall gun deaths.

We have to enact some sort of gun control legislation because this is what the kids are asking for.»

(It's important to note that a single background check doesn't correlate to a single sale because about 40 percent of gun sales are made without a background check.

Instead, they spoke only of gun - owners» rights.

Many of the young people who showed up for the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C., were concerned not just about mass shootings, but the kind of gun violence that draws fewer headlines.

With every mass shooting, Republicans have been careful to avoid conversations around expanding background checks or imposing any kind of gun control measures, outside of arming more people.

It's on trying to take a big bite out of America's massive spate of gun murders, gun suicides, and accidental shootings through extremely robust gun regulation measures.

The recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has renewed the debate about high national rates of gun violence and what to do about it.

It was not the gun, or the type of gun, he used in the shooting.

But most of that looting did not take place at the point of a gun.

A different GoFundMe bid was launched June 11 to raise $ 4,000 for the family of singer Christina Grimmie, who was shot and killed in a separate incident of gun violence in Orlando on Saturday.

So we can crow about our Olympic medals and how we are the country responsible for Google and Apple and Starbucks, but our unwillingness to deal with the sickening problem of gun violence is a shame that throws a grim shadow over all of our triumphs.

Florida's embrace of gun restrictions came as Congress remains mired in partisan divisions on the issue and as other states, from Illinois to Vermont, consider whether they ought to tighten the rules on gun ownership in the wake of the Parkland attack.

The information commissioner questioned the government's deletion of gun registry data.

Supporters of gun rights look at America's high levels of gun violence and argue that guns are not the problem.