Sentences with phrase «on bump stocks»

The bills include «extreme risk» protective orders against people who have guns, a ban on bump stocks and an expansion of background checks.

It includes background checks, limits on high capacity magazines, and a ban on bump stocks.

ALBANY — State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday called for a complete ban on bump stock devices in New York.

Last week the NRA voiced a willingness to support restrictions on bump stocks, but when faced with the prospect of an outright ban, said it would turn to oppose legislation banning the devices.

Massachusetts is the first state to enact a ban on bump stocks in the wake of last month's shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in modern American history.

In Albany, lawmakers have been debating a variety of measures that seek to reduce gun violence or bolster school security, ranging from bans on bump stocks supported by Democrats and some Republicans to GOP - led efforts to expand school resource officers at schools in New York.

The announcement came after Trump ordered the Justice Department to focus on bump stocks following the high school massacre of 17 people in Parkland, Fla. — even though the device was not used in that case.

Trump told reporters Monday that he is open to taking action on bump stocks without Congress.

True, our unpredictable president is showing some signs of moving on bump stocks, arguably the lowest - hanging of the gun - control fruit, since the NRA has not offered a full - throated defense.

«A real leader would have gotten Congress to pass a ban on bump stocks after the horror of Las Vegas, the worst mass shooting in modern American history,» Ambler said.

«Until the President calls for a vote on bump stocks and passage in Congress and says that he will sign it, things like this are just thoughts and prayers in memorandum form,» he said.

Ohio Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine (R) supports President Trump's executive gun control on bump stocks.

Of course, as with Feinstein's first proposals on bump stocks, this isn't the first time Congress has looked into gun laws and ultimately changed nothing.

Republicans including House Speaker Paul Ryan and many in the Senate have said a regulatory fix on bump stocks would be faster than passing the bill, but the rulemaking process to examine the regulation will take a year, with no guarantee that the ATF will actually do anything.

Trump's surprise announcement Tuesday afternoon on bump stocks — or modifications that effectively turn a semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one — is also worth paying close attention to.

State Sen. John Brooks who introduced legislation to ban bump stocks in New York — the devices are illegal if attached to a gun, but their possession is not outright banned — said this case points to the importance of passing a complete prohibition on bump stocks.

The bureau met with lawmakers again on Friday to reiterate yet again that Congress needs to pass a law on bump stocks before the ATF can enforce it.

She has yet to find a GOP co-sponsor for her bill, although Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley signaled he was open to holding hearings on bump stocks.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the push for a ban on bump stocks for automatic weapons, Trump's decision to de-certify the Iran nuclear deal.

The Department of Justice issued a ban on bump stocks Friday as a response to the gun - control groundswell.

«I've also asked the Legislature to continue their work to pass: H. 422, which would reduce the connection between guns and domestic violence; H. 675, which would clarify a judges» discretion to require high - risk individuals to turn over all guns and dangerous weapons; and H. 876 to solidify the Federal Ban on Bump Stocks....»

Legislation is being introduced to establish a New York ban on bump stock devices, like those used by the Las Vegas gunman who killed dozens and wounded hundreds last Sunday.

After a man shot and killed 58 people and wounded more than 500 in Las Vegas last month, Katko said he would be open to more restrictions on bump stocks, which can make a semiautomatic rifle fire at a faster rate.

«Ever since the massacre we have called on elected leaders to step up and take action on bump stocks to help reduce gun violence.

The move on bump stocks was hardly a major step by Trump — he had raised the possibility of such action after the Las Vegas shootings but never made a concerted public push for it until Tuesday.

Lawmakers have homed in on bump stocks after a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas last month, where nearly 60 people were killed and more than 500 others were injured.

Markley, first elected to the senate in 2010 as a Tea Party of one, has voted against gun safety — including the recent ban on bump stocks supported by other Republicans such as state Rep. Mitch Bolinsky of Newtown who co-sponsored the bill — against pay equity, against community shared solar, and against the budget last year, though ultimately he voted for it.

On Capitol Hill, support appeared to grow for a ban on the bump stock devices, either through regulation or legislation, as Republicans — who for decades have rejected any form of gun restrictions — began increasingly to speak out.

Even conservative lawmakers like Paul Ryan seemed open to a ban on bump stocks.

After that massacre, the N.R.A. said it supported a national ban on bump stocks, an extremely rare gun control endorsement by the group.

Now, as awareness around mass shootings and gun violence rises again, Feinstein has brought up another ban on the bump stocks themselves.

Republican Sen. John Bonacic in an interview Tuesday said he would be open to considering specific gun control legislation such as bans on bump stocks and extending the waiting period to purchase a gun so a more extensive background check is conducted.

Among the bills popular with the Democrats» liberal base that won passage this year was a ban on bump stocks, add - on devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to shoot at near full - automatic speed; a bill enshrining the women's health care provisions of the Affordable Care Act into state law; and a measure that prohibits employers from asking job candidates about their salary history.

The NRA's statement comes hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., said in an interview with MSNBC that a ban on bump stocks is «clearly something we need to look into.»

Some of the bills passed this year that he mentioned include a state ban on bump stocks, reform of the state's parole system, gender parity in pay and fairness for victims of sexual assault.

Americans want stronger background checks, a ban on bump stocks and assurances that military - style weapons will stop finding their way into the hands of terrorists, domestic abusers and the mentally ill.

President Trump is already backing a ban on bump stocks, a device that turns semiautomatic weapons into automatic ones and was used in last year's Las Vegas mass shooting.

Trump has called for expanding background checks, floated a ban on bump stocks and proposed arming teachers in the days after the shooting.

Dubbed the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act,» or SB 7026, the sweeping proposal provides for stricter gun control laws, including a three - day waiting period to buy any firearm, and a new age limit — 21 (up from 18)-- for firearms purchases, along with an all - out ban on bump stocks.

It includes things like a ban on bump stocks and raising the minimum age to 21 for a person to buy any firearm.

Attendees said they wanted to see a ban on bump stocks and that special interest groups are preventing new gun laws from being passed

Dempsey said that if the bill on bump stocks solely focused on the bump stocks he'd be less against it, but the bill before the committee specifically refers to accessories that increase the rate of fire of a firearm and he argues almost any part could assist in doing that including those that assist with aim.

Upstate Sen. John Bonacic said he would be willing to consider bans on bump stocks and extending the waiting period to purchase a gun so a more extensive background check is conducted.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses growing tensions between President Trump and Senate Republicans, the NRA's take on a possible ban on bump stocks, Trump's rollback of birth control access for women, and the controversy of Columbus Day.

This is not to say that a ban on bump stocks — a niche product though it is — wouldn't represent a modicum of progress in the right direction.

The Assembly Democratic majority passed a legislative package of bills that included a ban on bump stocks; the creation of «Extreme Risk Protection Orders,» prohibiting a person who is adjudicated to be a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing a firearm; and the Domestic Violence Escalation Prevention Act, which prevents those convicted of domestic violence from purchasing or possessing a firearm.

Another section of the resolution links New York's strict gun laws to the state's low rates of gun crime, while criticizing some state senators who have voted against «common sense» gun laws like a ban on bump stocks, improved background checks and state funding for research on gun violence.