Sentences with phrase «of gun violence victims»

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 21: A student is comforted by the others as names of gun violence victims are read out during a protest February 21, 2018 outside the White House in Washington, DC.

Sanders told the New York Daily News editorial board this month that he opposes permitting families of gun violence victims to sue the firearms industry.

A nonprofit founded with the idea that no loved one of a gun violence victim should have to face the loss alone.

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Forty - two percent of respondents said they were either somewhat worried or very worried about being the victim of gun violence.

In speaking out against gun violence, the shooting victims have endured online abuse and have become the subject of conspiracy theories.

Surrounded by gun - control advocates and family members of victims of gun violence, Obama laid out the rationale behind his recently announced slate of executive actions on guns.

That troublesome phrase — especially when recited by politician after politician — tells victims, their loved ones, the attackers, and the American people that gun violence is out of the government's control.

Gun control advocates, meanwhile, are motivated by more abstract notions of reducing gun violence — although, Goss noted, the victims of mass shootings and their families have begun putting a face on these policies.

From left, Fred Guttenberg, father of Jaime Guttenberg, 14, who was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida; Francine Wheeler, mother of Ben Wheeler, 6, a victim of the Sandy Hook shooting, and Lori Haas, mother of a survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting, during a meeting with Senate Democrats about gun violence last month.

Oregon Live reports that the state has banned gun ownership by anyone convicted of domestic violence since 2015, but the law did not apply to abusers who were not married to, had no children with, or did not live with their victims.

Survivors, students, and parents of victims of past school shootings — including the most recent massacre in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman murdered 17 — gathered at the White House to share their stories and ideas for protecting students from gun violence.

on behalf of black women and girls who have been the victims of gun violence.

In comparison, gun control advocates are motivated by more abstract notions of reducing gun violence — although, Goss noted, the victims of mass shootings and their families have begun putting a face on these policies by engaging more actively in advocacy work, which could make the gun control movement feel more relatable.

«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.

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...

But why do we see the victims of gun violence so much more clearly than the victims of criminal violence more generally?

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.

On Friday night leading up to the march, the Washington National Cathedral hosted a vigil for the victims of gun violence.

Now he receives around three calls a day from people all over the country asking for crosses, many of them families with victims of gun violence.

Sorry, can't support that and it seems really incongruious that he would build crosses for victims of gun violence but sees nothing wrong with toting around one of his own.

If we're upset over some victims of gun violence but not others, grieved by some untimely deaths but not others, worried about some missing children but not others — we aren't concerned with the injustices at hand.

After every killing the preacher / family always says «they're in heaven now» God loves victims of gun violence.

I have been a victim of gun violence and I will never own a gun.

He could have been a statistic, a victim of the prevalent gun violence.

She was a hairdresser who owned her own salon, called Gifted Hanz, on the South Side of Chicago, and she worked part - time as a mentor for a group called Youth Advocate Programs, which had been hired by the Chicago schools department to provide intensive mentoring services to students who had been identified as being most at risk of committing or being a victim of gun violence.

The stereotypes ingrained in Chicago culture about victims of gun violence have to stop before real change can be made.

The measures include proposals that would ban so - called undetectable firearms that can not be seen by an x-ray or metal detector, strengthen background checks and allow the victims of gun violence to sue manufacturers.

By having this insurance policy in place, innocent victims of gun - related accidents and violence will be compensated for the medical care for their injuries.»

«For Carey Gabay to be a victim of gun violence, how absurd.

The package of bills also allows victims of gun violence to sue the firearms manufacturer for negligence, said Sen. Jamaal Bailey.

While hearing testimony from numerous speakers, including relatives of victims of local gun violence, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand renewed her call to pass a bill that would make illegal gun trafficking a federal offense.

Governor Andrew Cuomo conceived of the memorial for the victims in the Pulse massacre to «stand as an international symbol against ignorance, hate, bigotry, and gun violence,» read the executive order that created the commission.

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When an assault weapon is used in a shooting, the number of victims who are killed increases by 63 percent, according to Nadler, who said there have been more than 8,000 incidents of gun violence in the U.S. so far in 2018.

According to Frank, the team's ride was to honor all victims of gun violence and to push for «common - sense» gun legislation.

Cerberus needs to honor its promise to the victims of Sandy Hook and to all Americans whose lives have been turned upside down by gun violence by ending its investment in this destructive industry.»

«Because a woman who's been a victim of domestic violence shouldn't have to be in a household or threatened by a person who has a gun.»

Elected officials, community leaders, victims and their family members will join Diaz Jr. in an effort to draw attention to the impact of gun violence on the public safety in the Bronx and in the city.

Lori Haas, right, the mother of a survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting, hugs Francine Wheeler, center, mother of Ben Wheeler, who was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting, as Fred Guttenberg, left, the father of 14 - year - old Jaime Guttenberg, who was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, arrives to speak during a Democratic meeting to hear from survivors of gun violence and family members of victims.

Senate bill (S2132) would protect lawful gun owners, including thousands of retired and active law enforcement and victim of domestic violence survivors, from having their information publicly disclosed.

Trump made the pitch during a listening session with victims of school gun violence following last week's deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 dead.

A photographer catalogs the makeshift memorials for the victims of New York City's gun violence.

Two Capital Region students are among five teens statewide who have won Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first Carey Gabay Scholarship, a program for disadvantaged students that honors the former Cuomo aide who was a victim of gun violence a year ago during Brooklyn's annual West Indian Day celebration.

This time teenagers who were the very victims of the attack are politicizing their own tragedy — and it's hard to blow off a bunch of traumatized kids who experienced gun violence firsthand.

The Rev. Troy Decohen of Mount Vernon Heights Congregation, who also took part in a candlelight vigil for victims of gun violence held outside the legislative chambers on Monday, echoed Democratic sentiments.

On Wednesday night, at the Democratic National Convention, U. S. Senator Chris Murphy, D - Conn., joined family members of victims of gun violence, including the Sandy Hook School shooting, to advocate for stronger federal gun control laws.

«While we don't have all the facts and our focus must be on the victims, this is yet another senseless and horrific act of violence involving guns.

At a news conference with Senate Democrats and families of victims of gun violence June 16, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) said others in the Senate are «for the first time... actually saying we ought to do something» to prevent shooting deaths.

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«Addressing this gap in the state's law could help prevent risk of gun violence to potential abuse victims.»