Sentences with phrase «on gun restrictions»

Sen. Susan Collins, Maine, a more moderate Republican voice on gun restrictions, described several bills she has sponsored to strengthen background checks, prevent straw purchasing and to stop people on the no - fly list from purchasing firearms.

Since his election, Trump has backed interstate concealed carry permits and supports a lift on gun restrictions in schools and military bases.

While Democrats focus on gun restrictions, conservatives often home in on music and video games — from Marilyn Manson to Grand Theft Auto — that are sometimes enigmas to parents.

Not exact matches

It refers to the technicality that lets unmarried partners escape the gun ownership restrictions that are imposed on those who commit domestic violence.

The company cited a risk to its business from restrictions placed on gun sales by retailers such Walmart Inc, Dick's Sporting Goods Inc and Kroger Co..

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.

After one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history — 20 children and seven adults killed, not including the gunman — polls show that a slight majority of Americans favor restrictions on guns.

On Friday, Florida passed a law that would place new restrictions on guns sold there; the NRA almost immediately sued to block iOn Friday, Florida passed a law that would place new restrictions on guns sold there; the NRA almost immediately sued to block ion guns sold there; the NRA almost immediately sued to block it.

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.

State lawmakers passed no restrictions on guns after the fatal shooting of 49 people at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub in 2016 and the mass shooting that killed five at the Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport in 2017.

Dick's Sporting Goods will stop selling assault - style rifles and put other restrictions on gun sales, the retailer said Wednesday morning on Good Morning America.

The law imposes new restrictions on firearm purchases and the possession of «bump stocks,» funds more school police officers and mental health services, broadens law enforcement's power to seize weapons, and allows certain staff members to carry guns in schools.

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.

That such a gun - friendly state adopted any firearm restrictions represents a sea change, even more so as the restrictions were drafted and approved in a matter of three weeks, after a bipartisan vote and the signature of a Republican governor likely to be on the ballot later this year as a Senate candidate.

On Wednesday, hundreds of people are expected to rally on the steps of the Old Capitol in support of additional gun restrictions in FloridOn Wednesday, hundreds of people are expected to rally on the steps of the Old Capitol in support of additional gun restrictions in Floridon the steps of the Old Capitol in support of additional gun restrictions in Florida.

A 2016 review of 130 studies in 10 countries, published in Epidemiologic Reviews, found that new legal restrictions on owning and purchasing guns tended to be followed by a drop in gun violence — a strong indicator that restricting access to firearms can save lives.

The research supports gun control: A 2016 review of 130 studies in 10 countries, published in Epidemiologic Reviews, found that new legal restrictions on owning and purchasing guns tended to be followed by a drop in gun violence — a strong indicator that restricting access to guns can save lives.

Florida's embrace of gun restrictions came as Congress remains mired in partisan divisions on the issue and as other states, from Illinois to Vermont, consider whether they ought to tighten the rules on gun ownership in the wake of the Parkland attack.

The company said it would not enforce a specific deadline and instead hoped to have all of its clients on board with the gun restrictions within a few months.

The public at large is pretty clear and consistent in backing new restrictions on guns.

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.

Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate.

The National Rifle Association on Thursday endorsed tighter restrictions on devices that allow a rifle to fire bullets as fast as a machine gun — a rare, if small, step for a group that for years has vehemently opposed any new gun controls.

It is likely to revive a debate over gun control, though efforts to legislate restrictions on firearms following previous school shootings largely proved fruitless.

There is also a strong partisan divide on whether stricter gun control laws could have prevented last week's Florida shooting, closely mirroring support for such restrictions.

Major restrictions on firearms won't work because criminals will always have guns.

Or lobby for restrictions on gun ownership.

Despite threats that the city will be sued by gun advocate groups like the NRA, lawmakers in LA are placing a restriction on high - capacity firearms.

The manager although having financial restrictions have found funds to spend on Cazorla, Ozil and Sanchez in that order, but still have not fill positions which are essential to chasing the title, I fear Wenger does not buy proper replacements, because it jeopardizes the development of his young guns (which are his personal projects)

It's gotten so bad that the common local response to the worst shooting rampage in Roseburg, Oregon's history (America's latest mass shooting du jour) is to get more guns and not to tighten restrictions on gun sales, to the point that some residents didn't even want President Obama to come to their state.

The state Legislature passed and Cuomo approved this March its first piece of gun control legislation since the SAFE Act was approved, a measure that tightens restrictions on gun ownership for those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.

The crux of this is not the degree to which guns are or are not protected by the Bill of Rights, though that does come into play when comparing these restrictions vs being able to travel on commercial airlines, for example.

So, I don't necessarily have a problem with the idea of the government putting restrictions on gun ownership or how they can carry.

House Speaker Paul Ryan signaled he isn't supportive of the proposals to impose new restrictions on gun purchases, telling reporters «we shouldn't be banning guns for law abiding citizens.»

Which restrictions on gun ownership have the Supreme Court ruled are a violation of the 2nd Amendment?

New York becomes the first U.S. state to impose new restrictions on gun ownership in the wake the Connecticut massacre.

«In fact, she's already called for higher taxes on individuals and small businesses; she supports an energy plan that would increase our electricity costs; she promises a single - payer health care system that would further destroy our health care and economy; and she wants to force federal gun restrictions that would take away the Second Amendment rights of law - abiding citizens.»

Mayor Bloomberg's gun control group is dropping more than $ 250,000 on cable TV ads featuring surveillance video from the Columbine High School massacre to urge the Senate to put new restrictions on gun sales.

He began with an opening statement and then answered questions on topics which included the Independence Party (whose ballot line Cuomo is on), the protest at the rally and Cuomo's efforts on passing the DREAM Act, a recent report that 34,000 people have been designated under the SAFE Act as ineligible to own guns and the prospect of Ebola - related restrictions on commercial flights.

The questioner made clear each time that he believes that there shouldn't be any restrictions on gun ownership and that he's adamantly against New York City's heightened restrictions on carrying handguns.

Asked about the state's response to the mass shooting at Broward County's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, DeSantis said he would have approached a school - safety bill, which included new restrictions on gun sales, «differently because I think it scapegoated law - abiding citizens in terms of their Second Amendment rights.»

Meanwhile, second amendment activists are furious at Cuomo's new restrictions on gun rights in the rest of the bill BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It's almost official.

He has endorsed both Republicans and Democrats in House and Senate races across the country this cycle, with an apolitical litmus test that depends on whether they fought for either his own city's interests or for the mayor's own pet causes, such as gun restrictions or education reform.

National groups on both sides of the gun control issue have been pouring money into Connecticut this year, hoping to influence the outcome of the first statewide elections since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and the firearms restrictions enacted in response.

«The imposition of these restrictions on lawful gun owners is doing nothing to make the people of New York State safer,» Executive Director of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Tom King said.

Mainline Democrats in the state Senate on Tuesday plan to push a package of gun control measures they say are needed given the Republican control of the White House and Congress — placing new restrictions on those convicted of hate crimes and limiting the number of guns a person can purchase in a month.

The company also is facing the possibility of revenue losses from restrictions placed on gun sales by retailers following a shooting that killed 17 people and wounded 15 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14.

Tom Foley, the Republican running for governor in Connecticut, said on Tuesday he supports a gun restriction proposal by his opponent Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy.

The deal includes a tougher assault weapons ban and restrictions on ammunition and the sale of guns.

The measures all now move to the Democratic - led Assembly, which is considered more supportive of restrictions on guns.