Sentences with phrase «of gun control efforts»

For that, and for his past support of gun control efforts, the candidate for governor earned an F rating from the NRA and was branded «a true enemy of gun owners» rights.»

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Students, parents and politicians gathered Wednesday to announce formation of a new, Broward - based organization to push for gun controls and alert voters which officials support — and which candidates oppose — those efforts.

The Parkland shooting has faded from the headlines in the weeks since the March for Our Lives, and Friday's rally is one of the last coordinated, nationwide gun control efforts on the calendar.

Gbowee found even more cause for celebration in the efforts of the Parkland students to hold the government accountable for gun control policy.

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.

Seems like 92 % of evangelicals do not support gun control efforts.

Indeed, Cuomo could be a victim of his early and highly consequential successes — the history making legalization of same - sex marriage, a cap on property tax increases, a sweeping gun control law, an ongoing effort to restrain Medicaid growth — from his first term.

Senate GOP lawmakers since the passage of the SAFE Act have largely resisted efforts to pass new gun control measures, though pushes to repeal the law have faltered.

The gun control effort, however, cost Cuomo a pile of political capital and his popularity suffered for it in public opinion polls.

Niou cited Kavanagh's «vast amount of state government experience,» including his efforts as part of a group spearheaded by former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg to push for gun control.

Mayer's campaign knocked the complaint, saying it's an effort to distract from the issue of pushing for new gun control legislation.

New York's Democratic lawmakers and gun - control advocates have won an important new ally in their effort to push a legislative ban of bump stocks, which turn semi-automatic rifles into virtual machine guns: Acting ATF Director Thomas Brandon.

Accepting his party's nomination, Cuomo sounded a triumphant note in his party convention address that cited his successful efforts to pass gay marriage and gun control and his work to boost education investments and fix the economy of upstate New York.

The comments came the same day the Cuomo administration was trying to push out some good news: Hundreds of millions of dollars being funneled for economic development efforts, largely benefiting upstate and a push on the gun control measure.

As dozens of students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland have gained popularity spearheading a new movement for increased gun control after a gunman killed 17 people at their school in February, Kashuv has garnered a following among conservatives for opposing those efforts and emphasizing conservative legislative initiatives.

HARTFORD — One of the chief architects of the 25 - hour takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives to force a vote on gun control legislation said Friday he didn't agree with efforts by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to raise money off...

Gen. David Petraeus will form a new gun - control group for veterans with retired astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who became a vocal proponent of gun - control efforts after she was shot in the head in 2011.

He included that on his end - of - session agenda in an effort to mollify conservative activists who opposed ascension as leader due to his «yes» vote on the controversial gun control measure.

«Some of the changes needed would benefit cities all over the country... I would borrow from Mayor Bloomberg's efforts on gun control... but I have a more economic frame... I'm concerned about getting the federal government back into the mass transit and affordable housing business where it was for a half - century and should be and can be again.»

The two women on the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, Democrats Elizabeth Esty and Rosa DeLauro, say they are not giving up on efforts to get the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on gun control legislation.

The Democratic strategist involved in the effort said that Cuomo continues the gun control fight even though he suffered politically among Republicans and voters upstate and in the Hudson Valley after passage of the SAFE Act, which «was the right thing to do.»

Bratton's main point on MSNBC's «Morning Joe» appeared to be that law enforcement officers can not just surveil their way out of the problem of terrorism and mass shootings, but rather need stricter gun control laws to help them in their efforts.

He acknowledged efforts to repeal onerous portions of the New York SAFE gun control law was unsuccessful.

Many current gun control efforts focus on limiting the availability of military - style semi-automatic assault rifles.

All these efforts seem dedicated to shifting the conversation from the fundamental issues of gun control and real school safety.

Kids are the voice of this latest gun control effort, and they have legitimate concerns about being shot — particularly kids who have experienced a mass shooting.

A particularly low - effort hoax spreading online in March 2018 — part of a wave of attempted smear campaigns directed at survivors of a February 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida who are calling for stricter gun - control legislation — has led some people to accuse one of the Parkland, Florida mass shooting survivors of vandalism.

The march — organized by the Stoneman Douglas student group #NeverAgain and the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety — is the culmination of a monthlong effort to honor the victims of the shooting, and to push for an end to gun violence.

While introducing speaker and student organizer Nicole Straight from Cypress Bay High in her hometown of Weston, the congresswoman praised the grassroots efforts from «amazing» students who have led efforts to spur a national dialogue on gun control.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, also welcomed efforts to increase safety measures and resources, but she said legislators and Mr. Trump had used it deflect from the larger demands of the public, including students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, who had been in the forefront of gun control advocacy since the shooting.

Aware of how difficult it can be to sustain such effort, he said he remains impressed of how the Stoneman Douglas students and those nationally have not backed down in their demands for gun control and greater school safety.