Sentences with phrase «on gun background»

said the issue raised by the Florida shooting is that the FBI could have prevented the shooting and added he thought Congress «will get something done this year» on the gun background check system.

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In the wake of the murder of 49 people and the wounding of 53 in Orlando last weekend, Senate Democrats have won the chance to vote Monday on two narrow gun control proposals they sponsored: expanding background checks and barring terror suspects from buying guns.

The company is calling on lawmakers to take action on «common sense gun reform,» including measures to address mental health, improve background checks, raise the age to buy a gun, and ban bump stocks and other similar accessories.

He also laid out four other measures for Congress to consider: preventing people on the no - fly list from purchasing firearms, subjecting every gun buyer to a full background check, banning high - capacity magazines, and increasing the minimum age requirement to buy a rifle to 21.

The company also called on lawmakers to pass «common sense gun reform,» including the banning of assault rifles, high - capacity magazines, and bump stocks, enact universal background checks, and more.

2015 was a record - breaking year for gun sales with 23.1 million background checks and, with every month so far in 2016 breaking records, we're on track to beat that this year.

Congress rejected bills to tighten background checks on gun sales and ban military - style «assault weapons» in April 2013.

He yielded the floor at 2:11 a.m. EDT, saying he had won commitments from Republican leaders that they would hold votes on amendments to expand background checks and ban gun sales to suspected terrorists.

When it comes to doing background checks on people who want to buy a gun, Americans want a system with greater integrity.

An Air Force review has found that the branch failed to report «several dozen» service members found guilty of violent offenses to the federal gun background check database, with representatives of the service telling the New York Times that the reporting failure that allowed disgraced airman Devin Patrick Kelley to purchase the firearms he used to murder 26 parishioners in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Nov. 5 «was not an isolated incident.»

Protesters are demanding protection from gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons such as the rifle used in Parkland, a prohibition on high - capacity magazines that let killers shoot long bursts without reloading, and more effective background checks for gun purchases.

GAO said from February 2004, when the background check system began checking the terror watch list, through 2015, 2,477 names of would - be gun and explosives buyers were on the watch list.

And the ceaselessly terrified crowd that hoards guns every time it hears the phrase «background check» is bombarding Slide Fire's site to get its hands on the apparently soon - to - be-banned device.

If Trump does decide to take a risk and lead the charge on an issue that would require tough votes by conservative lawmakers — perhaps on strengthening background checks for gun purchases — it would be a departure for his presidency

Here, for example, are the results of surveys by the Pew Research Center, which found strong support for measures ranging from an assault weapons ban to universal background checks to restrictions on people with mental illness buying guns.

Since his push to enact a ban on assault weapons and wider background checks for gun owners collapsed on Capitol Hill in 2013, gun control has slipped down the list of White House priorities, below a legacy - building Iran deal, an opening with Cuba and reform of the immigration system.

The primary goals: to ban assault weapons and high - capacity magazines and create laws that require background checks on every gun purchase.

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.

A majority of Republicans back universal background checks, a ban on assault - style weapons, a federal database to track gun sales, prohibitions on people with mental illness, and barring people on no - fly or watch lists from buying firearms.

But like Cruz many mass killers exhibit a common set of traits that include depression, troubled family backgrounds, a fascination with guns and violence and aspirations of becoming a soldier, said Peter Langman, a psychologist and author of two books on school shooters.

But the failure to act on the instant background check and bump - stock bills underscored that even on the most modest of gun measures, Congress is simply incapable of a response.

Democrats wasted no time quickly outlining their top three priorities: background checks, the ability to take guns away from those who pose a «clear danger,» and at least a debate on banning assault weapons such as the AR - 15 used at the Florida high school.

President Trump backed a Senate proposal to expand background checks on gun sales, as part of a call for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. gun policy in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

For Trump, Obama is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't: In this mtg with lawmakers on guns, Trump tells Sens. Toomey & Manchin they cldn't pass their 2013 background check bill because Obama didn't give support.

America's attention to gun control often focuses on a few specific measures: universal background checks, restrictions on people with mental illnesses buying firearms, and an assault weapons ban, for example.

Connecticut expanded a ban on assault weapons, prohibited the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines and imposed stricter background checks on gun purchases after 20 children and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012.

Citibank's emphasis on background checks would require licensed firearms dealers to go beyond federal law and refuse to sell a gun to anyone if an instant background check lasts three business days without incriminating evidence being discovered against the would - be buyer.

It's difficult to separate these changes from long - term trends (especially since gun homicides have generally been on the decline for decades now), but a review of the evidence by RAND linked milder gun control measures, including background checks, to reduced injuries and deaths — and that means these measures likely saved lives.

The Broward County School Board has formally entered the gun debate, passing a resolution Tuesday that calls for tougher federal background checks and a ban on semiautomatic weapons.

He also declared his support for background checks on all gun purchases, a ban on bump - stocks, and a ban on firearm purchases by those who have been declared mentally ill.

In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.

When Connecticut passed a law requiring background checks on all handgun sales, they saw a 40 percent reduction in gun homicides.

It also provides money to improve school security, strengthens the system of background checks on gun buyers, and provides some funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research on gun violence.

And in the past, lawmakers have been extremely slow to take up any type of gun control legislation, even when there's bipartisan consensus on things like background checks.

But in a mirror image of the findings on a gun ban, support for universal background checks often polls in excess of 90 percent.

In a sign that this pressure may be weighing on President Trump, the White House announced Monday that he is «supportive» of efforts in Congress to improve background checks for gun purchases.

Editor's Note: In light of the Senate's decision to strike down a bipartisan proposal to extend background checks on gun purchases — a proposal that had the support of 54 senators, 80 % of the American public and President Obama — we've decided to rerun an article published in January on the complex issue of guns, the regulation of them and how Christians should wrestle with this issue.

This week, President Barack Obama announced a series of executive actions on gun control, including expanding background checks.

Measures to implement background checks on those purchasing guns have been widely criticized for loopholes that have allowed many gun dealers to avoid administering them.

Maybe there could also be an image of Jesus & Allah facing each other — both with machine guns, grenades on their robe belt, bombs going of in the background along with dead bloodied bodies of women, children and men all around their feet.

In fact, since background checks have included people on the terror watch list, people on the list that attempted to by guns 2,477 different times.

But a decade later, I've become aware that 12 - step programs are home to people from every religion, denomination, sect, cult, political tilt, gender identity, sexual preference, economic strata, racial and ethnic background, believers in gun rights and abortion rights and the right to home schooling, drinkers of coffee and tea, whiskey and mouthwash, people who sleep on their sides or their stomachs or sidewalks.

On Wednesday, Manchin, who represents West Virginia, and Toomey, from Pennsylvania, announced an agreement that broadens background checks to include private purchases at gun shows and on the InterneOn Wednesday, Manchin, who represents West Virginia, and Toomey, from Pennsylvania, announced an agreement that broadens background checks to include private purchases at gun shows and on the Interneon the Internet.

Editor's Note: In light of the Senate's decision to strike down a bipartisan proposal to extend background checks on gun purchases — a proposal that had the support of 54 senators, 80 %...

Representatives from both sides of the aisle are currently in discussions to determine how to legislate universal background checks and the scenarios where a person can not purchase a gun because they've been wrongly put on a watch list.

Under heavy pressure from an influential gun - control group, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he would introduce legislation expanding universal background checks — following through on a months - long pledge to bring forward the bill.

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.

Cuomo trained his crosshairs on seven New York Republican House members over the gun issue as Trump rolled out a school - safety plan long on NRA ideas like arming teachers and short on Democratic - backed proposals like universal background checks.

We need a SAFE act that includes all guns, especially hand guns and mandates background checks on all gun sales everywhere.