Sentences with phrase «on gun policy»

These students, raised entirely after the Columbine massacre, well - educated, media and social media savvy, have captured a tremendous amount of attention and have openly expressed the frustration and exasperation with the nation's complete standstill on gun policy purchased by millions of dollars in political donations by the NRA.

March 1, 2018 • President Trump challenged long - standing GOP orthodoxy on gun policy in a meeting Wednesday.

Killian, has tried to portray herself as a moderate on gun policy, a point she made in the debate FiOS1 News hosted on Tuesday.

While a plurality of registered voters nationally say a candidate's position on gun policy will have...

WASHINGTON — Action on gun legislation skidded to a halt Thursday in Congress — not for a lack of bipartisan proposals, but because President Donald Trump's stunning shift on gun policy left some in his party confused, irritated and scrambling to figure out what to do next.

About 28 percent of gun owners have contributed to an organization that takes a position on gun policy, while only 10 percent of non-gun owners have.

About 21 percent of gun owners have contacted a public official to express an opinion on gun policy, compared to just 12 percent of non-gun owners.

«The research literature on gun policies is really very thin,» says Andrew Morral, a behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonpartisan institute based in Santa Monica, Calif..

They were asked what types of guns they owned; reasons for ownership (protection, recreation, as collector's items); their attitudes on gun policies, such as bans, arming teachers and violence against the government; and the sources of violence, ranging from God's absence in public schools to media violence to insufficient mental health screening and background checks.

Not exact matches

Questions will likely touch on trade policy, gun control stance, security clearance revisions and staff departures.

This announcement makes Kroger the third major retailer to change its gun sale policies in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14.

Rep. Tim Ryan (D - Ohio) discusses what he expects from President Trump on gun control and policy change as well as his tour in the Midwest focusing on venture capital.

Here are all the retailers that have changed their policies on gun sales following the Parkland, Florida shooting:

The moves come as pressure mounts for corporations to take a stance on the nation's gun control policies.

On Tuesday, The Guardian showed how ALEC is facing a funding crisis after losing a number of members due to its policy on gun lawOn Tuesday, The Guardian showed how ALEC is facing a funding crisis after losing a number of members due to its policy on gun lawon gun laws.

Democratic legislators, who are far outnumbered in the House and Senate and wield no power over which legislation gets considered, tried repeatedly over three committee hearings on Monday and Tuesday to amend the gun control bills to include an assault weapons ban and other, more stringent policies.

Sarkeesian said on Twitter that she asked for extra security measures in light of the threat but the university deemed her request was not in keeping with the state's gun policies.

Gun control advocates, meanwhile, are motivated by more abstract notions of reducing gun violence — although, Goss noted, the victims of mass shootings and their families have begun putting a face on these policies.

Nix shows how psychographically categorized voters can be differently addressed, based on the example of gun rights, the 2nd Amendment: «For a highly neurotic and conscientious audience the threat of a burglary — and the insurance policy of a gun.»

Wells Fargo stemmed the tide of the push for new financial restrictions on gun makers and sellers by stressing that it is not a bank's job to set U.S. gun policy.

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.

Congress might raise the age from 18 to 21 to buy assault weapons: This policy hasn't really been on the radar of gun - control advocates, who would prefer tightly regulating or banning these kinds of weapons.

That policy not only cut the number of guns in circulation but, based on the research, may have cut the firearm homicide and suicide rates too.

A common counterpoint to the evidence on gun control: If it works so well, why does Chicago have so much gun violence despite having some of the strictest gun policies in the US?

There are also some evidence - based policies that could help outside the realm of gun control, including more stringent regulations and taxes on alcohol, changes in policing, and behavioral intervention programs.

On any given day, he may or may not express the policy views associated with the American right — he will muse about raising taxes on hedge funds, or passing gun control into law, or slapping deep tariffs on foreign steeOn any given day, he may or may not express the policy views associated with the American right — he will muse about raising taxes on hedge funds, or passing gun control into law, or slapping deep tariffs on foreign steeon hedge funds, or passing gun control into law, or slapping deep tariffs on foreign steeon foreign steel.

And the White House, which was expected to release its gun control proposal, has instead been focused on trade policy — specifically steel and aluminum tariffs.

There has been no spike in gun sales so far — but if gun enthusiasts believe the political climate is ripe for new gun control policies, it might cause them to stock up on guns.

And gun sale trends could change if President Donald Trump makes another surprising comment about gun control or commits to a policy push on the issue, as he seemed to do in a recent White House roundtable.

In comparison, gun control advocates are motivated by more abstract notions of reducing gun violence — although, Goss noted, the victims of mass shootings and their families have begun putting a face on these policies by engaging more actively in advocacy work, which could make the gun control movement feel more relatable.

I've been searching for textual references to back up this assertion, with mixed - ish results and no real smoking gun, but whatever — the fundamental holds: Central bankers should offer opinions on what fiscal policy ought to be when fiscal policy is a problem for them.

They hate bring the pro-gun people on air to debate anti-gun policy because pro-gun destroy the concept of gun control.

What is surprising is that the socialist in the race is being forced to move left on gun regulation and immigration policy.

First, it's important to agree on a few things as soon as you see the conversation headed toward gun policy.

Cares enormously about children in resettlement camps, who must drink water to fill their stomachs because there is no food; he cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986:43).

President Donald Trump backed a U.S. 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.

The Trump administration last night proposed providing some school personnel with «rigorous» firearms training and backed a bill to improve criminal background checks on gun buyers, but backpedaled on the idea of increasing the minimum age to buy certain firearms — a policy President Donald Trump had said he would support.

In an interview on Friday with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Cuomo said lack of political courage coupled with apathy by the American people is what is stifling a national gun policy.

Q: Why doesn't our policy statement include broader support for all the other issues good Democrats should care about, ie, Constitutional right to choice, Constitutional right to marriage equality, Constitutional ban on guns everywhere, Constitutional right to free college, etc?

Hanna also has a top rating on gun rights from the National Rifle Association, and he has supported fiscally conservative policies.

While Cuomo has hewed to progressive principles on social policy by backing gay marriage and gun control, he hasn't on some other issues.

He has focused on legislation and policy changes to support affordable housing, protect the environment, promote economic and social justice and a more humane society, prevent gun violence, create a fairer and more open political process, and provide for greater accountability in the ways government provides services and spends our tax dollars.

Republican lawmakers, too, do not want to appear too close with Cuomo on policy issues, especially when it comes to hot - button measures such as gun control.

It is time for the Governor and state legislature to have a serious discussion on the issue and reassess failed gun control policies.

«Eric Schneiderman has worked to reform our criminal justice system with «smart on crime» policies, like changing the Rockefeller Drug Laws and taking effective steps to stem the flow of illegal guns,» Koch said.

With a primary focus on New York State, the organization also advocates at the local and national levels for sensible gun laws, policies and practices to protect New York State residents from gun violence.

Killian and Mayer have some differing positions on guns and gun safety laws, but it's not their policy views making headlines.

Abeiku Santana also took his gun on parliament because he felt they only spend majority of their discussions, on loans instead of discussing policies that will alleviate the poverty of Ghanaians.

«The Governor is a progressive champion who has led the way on education, gun safety reform, and fighting back against the destructive policies of the Trump Administration in Washington.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement on Wednesday commended Dick's Sporting Goods for changes the sport goods company made to its gun sales policies.