Sentences with phrase «on gun regulation»

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

In the wake of the shooting, students are demanding a more meaningful conversation on gun regulation, Robert Runcie, superintendent of the Broward County schools acknowledged at a news conference Thursday.

The corporate exodus, however, isn't over these companies» values or their positions on gun regulations, according to William Klepper, a professor at professor at the Columbia Business School — it's simply about prudence.

Its intention to file for bankruptcy has been known at least since February, but sources told The Wall Street Journal that the filing was delayed after the school shooting in Parkland Florida on February 14 that re-awakened the national debate on gun regulations.

Legislative leaders have exploited their supremacy on gun regulations and their control of the committee process to bury almost any proposal to impose limits.

Not exact matches

Florida senator Bill Nelson, the highest - ranking democrat on the committee overseeing the F.A.A. reauthorization bill, is calling in the big guns to coordinate drone safety regulation.

President Donald Trump emerged as an unlikely moderate on gun control on Thursday with a tweet that both urged a bill for additional gun regulation and demanded respect for the Second Amendment.

On Tuesday, Trump claimed that he sent a memo to the Justice Department «directing the attorney general to propose regulations that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns.»

In the following days, gun manufacturer stocks rose, as more people purchased guns and accessories on the suspicion that new regulations would be passed limiting their ability to buy weapons.

The announcements come in the wake of the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 and as much of the public has buffeted the NRA and called for stricter gun regulations.

But some party liberals want more on everything from health care to gun regulations, even in Trump territory.

WASHINGTON — President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

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.

It's on trying to take a big bite out of America's massive spate of gun murders, gun suicides, and accidental shootings through extremely robust gun regulation measures.

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.

Like other highly engaged gun control proponents, in other words, his focus isn't really on reducing the lethality of mass shootings via modest gun regulations.

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 ouOn 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 ouon 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.

One of the students who survived Wednesday's deadly shooting at a Florida high school called for stricter gun regulations and took aim at President Donald Trump and other Republicans for their inaction on the matter on Saturday.

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.

Historically, mass shootings don't usually lead to stricter regulation on gun control laws — they actually loosen them in states with Republican legislatures.

There are thousands of gun laws on the books already, and yet these killers have the gall to disobey them... More laws and regulations does nothing but further oppress those who follow laws anyway, and the criminals will still break the laws.

Indeed, it's sometimes used when the states want to grant more rights than a proposed federal law (e.g. gun control legislation,) but also for federal regulations on everything from schools to roads to environment regulations to commerce regulations, etc..

State Senate Republicans beat back an attempt by Democrats to force a vote on measures tightening gun regulations in New York.

Congressional Republicans anxious to show voters they can get something done are hailing their reversal of more than a dozen Obama - era regulations on guns, the internet and the environment, which they accomplished by employing an obscure legislative rule.

A little less than a year ago, on Feb. 28, 2017, Trump signed a measure nixing a regulation aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of some severely mentally ill people.

But there are limits on gun ownership today, so I don't see where exactly the line is on regulation that is allowed by the second amendement and which kind of regulations would violate the second amendment.

Politically, he checks many of the usual Republican boxes: He believes in a free - market economy, backs small government and supports few, if any, regulations on guns.

WASHINGTON — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as imperfect...

Assemblyman Bill Nojay (R - Livingston County) said one way for Flanagan — who voted for the gun control measure — to prove he is serious is to refuse to pass any extension of the rent regulation laws without agreement on «meaningful» SAFE Act changes.

«The proposals the governor has made are very positive proposals, but they will probably only work in the context of some federal legislation on the regulation of guns, and particularly the transport of guns across state borders and national borders.»

They represent Moms Demand Action and they coordinated over social media to testify in favor of a bill that would ban bump stocks and place regulations on ghost guns.

If lawmakers want to cleanse themselves of the Yee taint, cracking down on excessive gun regulations would be a good place to start.

«If we need to, we'll do it (run ads), but right now the effort is focused on the budget and economic development,» the source said, adding that a decision to roll out ads to promote the gun regulations will depend on how determined the opposition is in its fight.

The SAFE Act places additional regulations on gun owners and dealers on what guns need to be registered, how guns can be bought and sold, and how those guns can be used.

ALBANY — Over 500 people rallied in front of the Governor's Mansion in Albany on Tuesday calling for the state to reverse its recently adopted state law imposing strict regulations on gun owners.

If I'm correct then we are placing limits or regulations on guns.

The Mail came out all guns blazing last week in response to the Global Initiative on Drug Policy Reform and the ex-head of MI5, Baroness Manningham - Buller, calling for legal regulation.

The mayor cited strict gun laws that are already on the books in New York City and state but said lawmakers here are «constantly challenged by the massive flow of guns from around the rest of the country and the lack of any meaningful regulation nationally.»

The National Rifle Association, the country's most powerful lobby group for gun rights, said Thursday that it would support an effort to restrict bump stocks — an unusual move for a group that has long pushed back on efforts to impose new firearms regulations.

Westchester County legislators are working on a measure to strengthen gun show regulations.

WASHINGTON — President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

For years, the Republican «Long Island Nine» in the State Senate stayed out of the way when Cuomo looked to pass liberal social policies like gay marriage and gun control, and supported his fiscally conservative agenda on taxes, education, public sector unions and regulation.

Regulations on mentally ill, those with orders of protection against them, are heightened under the gun control bill.

The vote follows Wednesday's 15 - hour filibuster in the U.S. Senate, in which Democrats demanded tighter regulations on gun purchases.

The researchers examined respondents» deference to science on a scale of 0 - 10 when it came to 14 policy issues, including child vaccinations, stem cell research, global warming, child obesity and diet, AIDS prevention, birth control education, legalizing drug use, gun control, regulation of nuclear power, animal testing, and teaching evolution in schools.

As for getting data on the number and type of guns in the United States, Branas declined to comment on the advisability of creating a federal gun registry — an idea that has drawn extensive opposition from opponents of firearms regulation.

Federal regulations prohibit unlocked gun cases (or cases with broken locks) on aircraft.

While «Under the Gun» is firmly on the side of stronger gun regulations, it's not anti-gun.

By focusing on the specific (and frequently heartbreaking) stories of the aforementioned parents, former Congresswoman and gun - violence survivor Gabrielle Giffords, and Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts — who was motivated to action by Newtown and unwittingly sparked a grassroots movement on Facebook — the film lays out the gaping holes in the system where regulations are needed, and offers hopeful examples of activism in the face of what often feels like an insurmountable problem.

She's approached to support a pro-gun lobby to appeal to female voters and repeal a gun control law that's been put forward that would call for checks and regulations on gun owners.