Sentences with phrase «on gun issues»

The students said they had gained a quick education on gun issues over the past few days through Internet research and talking to their parents and the local legislative delegation.

The passionate gun control rallies that brought out large crowds around the country sent a vivid signal that the issue is likely to play a major role in the 2018 midterm elections, and that Republicans could find themselves largely on the defensive on gun issues for the first time in decades.

Hickenlooper joined MSNBC's Chuck Todd on «Meet the Press Daily» to discuss the debate on gun issues in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla..

About one - third of state legislators received a failing grade for votes on gun issues since the passage of Cuomo's SAFE Act in 2013, the group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence announced.

ALBANY, N.Y. >> About one - third of state legislators received a failing grade for votes on gun issues since the passage of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's SAFE Act in 2013, the group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence announced Tuesday.

The gun - control group founded by former NYC Mayor Bloomberg will begin surveying all midterm elections candidates on gun issues as it tries to become a political counterweight to the NRA.

As compromise on the gun issue remained improbable, Sen. Chris Murphy stood on the Senate floor for most of Wednesday and into Thursday, saying he would remain there «until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together.»

«Politics makes for the strangest of bedfellows,» Sanford said of the predicament; he has spoken openly against Trump, yet he sees himself closer to the president on the gun issue than most of his Freedom Caucus colleagues do.

«I have spent most of my career working on gun issues and organizing grassroots systems to call tens of thousands of shooters to action.

Republicans agreed, but went further to say a focus on gun issues will not be a winning strategy for Democrats.

Outside groups such as those backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and super PAC run by former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head during a constituent event in 2011, spend millions each cycle on the gun issue.

If swing or dormant voters base their electoral choices on gun issues, vulnerable elected officials must follow their preferences to get re-elected.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Democratic Party are spending six - figures to blast New York Republicans on gun issues.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) On Saturday afternoon, it appears to be a tale of two congressmen with regards to a student - organized forum on gun issues, in light of shootings in Florida.

Public opinion puts pressure on Republicans to go along with the Democrats — even though bipartisanship on gun issues was always a tall order.

Many observers said that Tuesday's failure by the task force subcommittee to agree on recommendations was understandable because there's been such a gulf on gun issues that no amount of bipartisan talk could bridge it.

Sasiadek argued that if Congress bars states from legislating on the gun issue, a future Congress might decide it has to take matters into its own hands and pass far - reaching national gun control legislation.

«There is no legitimate principle debate on the gun issue.