Sentences with phrase «of hand guns»

Within a year - and - a-half of the killings, private ownership of hand guns was completely banned in mainland Britain.

Not exact matches

To supporters of this strategy, only a gun in the hands of a good guy can stop one in the hands of a bad guy.

Too many have been senselessly murdered as a result of guns being in the wrong hands.

IMETs can not simply cherry - pick the 50 pages of «smoking gun» evidence that support their case; Canadian courts demand that prosecutors hand over to the defence virtually every document handled during the investigation.

News stories of stolen guns falling into young hands abound.

Earlier this week, President Barack Obama unveiled executive actions on guns, which, among other things, are designed to make gun sales easier to monitor and keep guns out of the hands of people who are prohibited from having them because of criminal and certain mental health records.

Putting mass - produced stun guns into the hands of wary iPhone users is simply not a good idea.

Of course Facebook wasn't marching in with gun in hand, seeking to subjugate all who stood before it — it was only partnering with local mobile operators to give people free access to certain online services.

The alarm is trained to be able to identify audio signatures of gunshots, whether it's a hand gun or semi-automatic rifle.

A 2012 survey, for example, found that 84 % of NRA members believed that support for the Second Amendment goes hand in hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.

In the trailer, Brad kicks the gun out of someone's hand, throws a man into the side of a van, fires a gun, and screams.

Thirty years ago, a riot at Peterhead Prison, Scotland, got so out of hand that British special forces had to intervene with smoke bombs and stun guns.

Diaz believes Republicans must look as if they care about keeping guns out of the hands of so - called homegrown extremists, while balancing issues of due process and the Constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms that form the backbone of the NRA's opposition to gun control.

Defense lawyers said the shooting was an accident that happened when Garcia Zarate, who had a history of nonviolent drug crimes, found the gun wrapped in a T - shirt or cloth under his seat on the pier just seconds before it discharged in his hands.

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California wants to ban assault weapons, instate a federal gun buy - back program for those who own them and criminally prosecute those who refuse to hand them over.

Students will march, make signs, observe moments of silence, hand out orange ribbons to symbolize gun violence awareness, and read poems and essays about the personal scars gun violence has left behind.

The gun violence restraining order proposal would give judges in North Carolina a tool similar to domestic violence restraining orders to temporarily but rapidly remove weapons from the hands of people exhibiting threatening or dangerous behavior.

In 2017, for example, Republicans largely voted along party lines to do away with an Obama - era regulation designed to keep guns out of the hands of some people with severe mental illness (Republican senators were joined by four Democrats in this vote).

With President Trump and Rep. Mark Meadows (R - NC) voicing support for Congressional term limits it is important to remember that enacting artificial limits plays into the hands of gun control proponents.

Buncombe County Sheriff's candidate R. Daryl Fisher has apologized for joking about taking guns out of residents» «cold, dead hands.»

Because they have first - hand knowledge of the horrors of a mass shooting, they are compelling advocates for gun control.

But it seems everyone from James Clapper, to Louis Lerner, to Eric Holder, Susan Rice etc. etc. seems to be constantly contradicted or exposed as being less than truthful, whether it's IRS Targeting, tapping journalists, blaming Benghazi on a video, the existence of WMDs, a search for yellow - cake Uranium, who ordered Fast and Furious putting automatic guns in the hands of Mexican drug - lords, drone strikes, or... the nature of PRISM.

The GOP leadership of the Florida House and Senate quickly stood with Scott in backing a broad package of legislative initiatives, including funding for increased school security and setting up a new process to take guns out of the hands of those deemed to pose a danger.

«At the end of the day I'm not voting against a bill that is going to take guns out of the hands of 18 - year - olds,» said Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Broward County.

«I've given you lots of discovery, and so far you don't have any smoking gun,» said Alsup, referring to whether Uber actually knew Levandowski had said trade secrets in hand.

I asked every one of the 25 experts that were there if anybody is advocating or recommending putting guns in the hands of teachers, and not a single expert said that was a good idea,» Schachter says.

That's millions of guns that could be falling into dangerous hands.

Background check data in March should give us a much better idea of how the Parkland shooting and the subsequent gun control debate affects the number of guns in American hands.

Other gun owners say the NRA is too rigid and that the nation needs to do more to keep guns out of the wrong hands.

Students marched, made signs, observed moments of silence, handed out orange ribbons to symbolize gun violence awareness, and read poems and essays about the personal scars gun violence has left behind.

President Donald Trump and some gun supporters say the solution is to put more guns in the hands of trained school staff — including teachers.

--- Ain't no such law that can be made to keep the guns out of the hands of kids on the street.

It's for those seeking a blunt force object for a time of need (who needs guns when you have a copy of the Titan on hand).

Or putting guns in the hands of children, and their teachers, if he listens to the NRA.

If you want to alleviate the problem of mass shootings, better to try and deal with the root causes, such as mental health, and then get more guns into the hands of the right people.

If some of those lying dead in the street had exercised a right to defend themselves with a gun in their own hands... the madman would be lying dead with far fewer bodies.

Death will be welcome, if only our war cry penetrates receptive ears, if only another hand reaches out to take our weapons, if only other men rise up to intone the funeral chants as the machine guns crackle and new battle cries and songs of victory sound out.»

Guns, in the hands of law abiding citizens, are WONDERFUL tools of self defense against rapists, murderers, terrorists, etc....

And yet it's the same Bible quoting, Chick - fil - A eating, judmental Christian fundamentalists who are quick to jump to the defense of «gun rights» everytime some nutcase gets his hands on an assault rifle and mows down our children.

You should support a national gun registration database to keep guns out of the hands of fanatics.

No, but it will put more guns in the hands of people who value their freedom and will only shoot another when life is in jeopardy.

With 300 million firearms in private hands (one - third of them pistols), the overwhelming majority of gun owners ARE responsible, law - abiding citizens, which is why these horrific massacres are not commonplace, but rather horrific outliers that can never be legislated away (e.g. DC, Chicago, and «Gun Free Zones»).

That being said, perhaps if we did a better job of spending our taxes on effective education for our kids, effective welfare that does not encourage dependence, and improvement of the infrastructure of our country, we would see a decrease in people getting their hands on guns and killing others.

Tim Guns are in kids» hands because there are incredible numbers of guns around for them to buy from somebody, steal, and otherwise get their handsGuns are in kids» hands because there are incredible numbers of guns around for them to buy from somebody, steal, and otherwise get their handsguns around for them to buy from somebody, steal, and otherwise get their hands on.

I have an American made hand gun for protection within the boundary of my property, and neighbors own shot guns, and other «hunting» rifles in the Black Hills of S. Dakota (it's that state under North Dakota) where deer don't wear gang colors so there is no confusion of species and their affiliations to under ground criminal syndicates posted by militant wildlife.

On the other hand, NARAL members were somewhat more likely to take the «pro-life» position on the matters of highway safety, antimilitarism, anti-imperialism, gun control and social egalitarianism.

In the United States alone, there are 200 million guns in the hands of private citizens.

Gun possession in the hands of the law of THE land one thing, guns in the hands of ANYBODYS law quite another.

The Doctor may not like guns but there's a lot of difference between someone who doesn't like guns and someone who doesn't take up the cause of justice in his own hands, too.

the WWII epic in which Shia LaBeouf's Boyd Swan holds the hands of dying German soldiers and tries to lead them in the sinners prayer, even when it was his own gun that fired the fatal bullet.