Sentences with phrase «on assault weapons favored»

Gov. Rick Scott and House and Senate leaders have said there is a need to keep assault weapons out of the hands of the mentally ill and to beef up school security but haven't endorsed bans on assault weapons favored by many students and protesters.

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One recent poll found 64 percent of voters supporting an assault weapons ban and 74 percent in favor of the opportunity to vote on it.

Doran said she is in favor of measures that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, while respecting the rights of law - abiding gun owners and that's why she supports a ban on military - grade assault - style weapons, strengthening background checks, as well as legislation to stop convicted domestic abusers from having access to guns.

Breaking ranks with the Bush administration, Pirro said she favors embryonic stem cell research and argued the federal ban on assault weapons should not have been allowed to expire.

Among the most prominent proposals that legislative leaders have said they favor are closing loopholes in the state's ban on assault weapons so that it covers the Bushmaster AR - 15 rifle, the weapon used by 20 - year - old Adam Lanza in the Newtown killings.

Sixty - two percent of voters favored a ban on «assault weapons» in a recent Quinnipiac University poll.

A recent Politico - Morning Consult poll showed that 88 percent of Americans now support universal background checks, 81 percent think a person should be at least 21 to buy a gun, 70 percent favor a ban on high - capacity magazinesand 68 percent think assault - style weapons should be banned.