Sentences with phrase «of gun shows»

Democratic Members of the Board of Legislators were joined at a press conference Monday afternoon by Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, Paul Yanovsky from the Newtown Action Alliance, as well as numerous advocates to call on the successful implementation of the ban of gun shows on County property.

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

In the wake the tragic shooting death of Shamoya McKenzie, 13, in Mount Vernon on New Years Eve, other groups were aso caling for a ban of the gun show at the County Center.

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Nor, for that matter, is he adept at the political stunt: When McConnell stood onstage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting in March waving a flintlock musket over his head as a show of his support for gun rights, the senator was roundly mocked.

This photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D - Ky., shows Democrat members of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D - Ga., center, and Rep. Joe Courtney, D - Conn., left, participate in sit - down protest seeking a a vote on gun control measures, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Don Moynihan, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, tweeted the doctored image alongside the original photo, which showed González tearing up a gun target poster.

Another student told WSVN that the suspect had shown him photos of his guns, adding that he «wasn't shocked» the suspect was his former peer.

The boy reached into his waistband — probably to show the officers the gun was a toy, the prosecutor on the case said — and Loehmann shot him within two seconds of arriving.

According to data collected by the Machine Gun Price Guide, which uses information from dealers, auctions and gun shows, the cost of a Tommy gun (the Thompson M1) went from about $ 9,000 in 2004 to almost $ 27,000 last July — a 200 percent increase.

In the cold open of the show, Alec Baldwin revived his Trump impression to speak from his bipartisan meeting with senators on gun control, saying he'd take everyone's guns away — «even the whites.»

The show cast six supporting «citizen journalists» who reflect the broad swath of personalities on the right, with a gun - rights activist in the vein of bombastic NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch, provocateurs in the vein of Milo Yiannopoulos, what Miller described as a «pseudo-intellectual with no real credentials,» and a stay - at - home livestreamer rambling without much of a point.

«It is just ridiculous that we can show them hundreds and thousands of testings with robots and projectile guns that we're the best ball, the most accurate ball.

Obamaalso showed a «get - tough» strategy in his determination to pursue gun control after last month's massacre of schoolchildren by a gunman in Newtown, Connecticut.

The poll results suggest that people want more officers conducting background checks; they want the same standards applied to those who buy a gun from a person at a gun show or online or at a physical store; they want to remove the background check work - around of buying a gun through a trust or corporation; and they want the feds to do a better job of notifying local law enforcement when people in their communities who are prohibited from purchasing a gun attempt to buy one.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

As depicted in scores of comic books, movies and TV shows, the Waynes are then brutally gunned down by a mugger.

In other tweets, Pwn All The Things also pointed to a smoking gun to show a series of hacks targeting U.S. political figures was carried out by the same group, dispelling the suggestion that the DNC hacks could have been carried out by a 14 - year - old or any other single individual.

While a majority of Americans believe this to be true — 63 % say guns make them safer — decades of crime data and research overwhelmingly shows both that armed civilians are not the solution to mass shooters and that guns don't make people safer.

On Tuesday, The Guardian showed how ALEC is facing a funding crisis after losing a number of members due to its policy on gun laws.

After one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history — 20 children and seven adults killed, not including the gunman — polls show that a slight majority of Americans favor restrictions on guns.

As it shows, gun owners and supporters of laxer gun laws are more likely to have recently engaged a public official or political organization on this issue.

The company is also pressing the government to enact gun - reform measures, including a ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks; raising the minimum age to 21 for gun purchasing; universal background checks that include scrutiny of mental - health information and previous run - ins with the law; and an end to the background - check loophole for gun show and private sales.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite research that shows higher levels of gun ownership actually lead to more gun violence.

One A.T.F. study, from 1999, estimated that 25 percent to 50 percent of gun - show vendors were unlicensed.

And many leaders in the Republican - controlled Congress, where gun restrictions have withered over the years, have shown no change of heart in light of this week's school shooting.

The cornerstone of the president's plan is a background check requirement for guns purchased from dealers even if they're bought online or at gun shows.

Sources: U.S. Marine Corps M16 / M4 Service Rifle Familiarization; National Rifle Association; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Note: Information on the precise version or year of manufacture of each gun was not always available, so a version of the model or a similar one is shown.

Nix shows how psychographically categorized voters can be differently addressed, based on the example of gun rights, the 2nd Amendment: «For a highly neurotic and conscientious audience the threat of a burglary — and the insurance policy of a gun.»

A Fort Wayne, Indiana, venue canceled one of the city's «biggest annual gun shows» to avoid any «negative publicity» tied to hosting the event.

Actors Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore are showing their support for student gun control activists by penning «excuse» letters for those who walked out of class on Friday support of gun control and to protest gun violence.

There is the new Quinnipiac University National Poll showing that 66 percent of American voters support stricter gun laws.

A recent report from YouGov BrandIndex shows a dramatic rise in consumer's favorable perceptions of the brand after its strong stance on guns.

A review of campaign finance records for the NRA Political Victory Fund, the gun - rights group's political arm in Florida, shows it donated regularly...

In Young Guns, Tuchman shows how you can pursue your own dreams of making it big and breaking free from the pack.

The documents, which are part of Cruz's criminal case in the shooting, show that he had written the word «kill» in a notebook, told a classmate that he wanted to buy a gun and use it, and had cut his arm supposedly in anger because he had broken up with a girlfriend.

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.

It also called for private sale and gun show loopholes to be closed and universal background checks to be enacted, as well as a universal database of those banned from buying guns.

The diagram below only shows the location of the guns that were visible in photos and videos.

The march marked most dramatic and powerful show yet of teenage activism against gun violence in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Two polls comparing attitudes before the Parkland shooting to those in March, a month or so later, with no intervening polling in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, show that attitudes are still, overall, more positive toward gun control than they were previously.

Similarly, the Post / ABC poll shows that 29 percent of Republicans think stricter gun laws could have prevented the tragedy in Parkland, while 59 percent say armed teachers could have.

An Instagram account that appeared to belong to the suspect showed several photos of guns.

The day before the march, Fox & Friends hosted Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland shooting survivor, to show that not all survivors of the shooting are for more gun control and to make the case that the media is biased:

(1) His rhetoric includes such saying as «They cling to their religion, Bible and Guns» in a setting and manner that clearly shows disdain for the Christians of whom he speaks.

The DNA evidence showed it highly unlikely that Martin was attacking Zimmerman in the manner of which he claimed; and it also showed that Martin NEVER touched the gun as Zimmerman initially claimed.

A couple of weeks ago, law student and Democratic pundit Zerlina Maxwell went on Sean Hannity's Fox News show for a «debate» about gun control.

Statistics show gun owners are the victims of more gun deaths — accidents, unsecured guns being accessed by chlldren, domestic violence situations and you are NOT safer with one in your home.

With one of the most sophisticated and well - heeled lobbies in the country ($ 8 to $ 9 million annual budget), the NRA fiercely stymies all efforts by legislators to pass gun laws, even though the results of local attempts have shown beyond reasonable doubt that such laws can be effective.

Just recently, they started advertising yet another «reality» show called Sons of Guns, about a family that builds... wait for it... customized firearms!

Several theater patrons at a Tennessee showing of The Dark Knight Rises spotted a man carrying a gun into the theater, despite a sign that forbid bringing guns into a movie theater (good sign.)