In response to a deadly Florida school shooting last month, the state's Senate narrowly passed a bill Monday that would create new restrictions
on rifle sales and allow some teachers to carry guns in schools.
Amid an increasingly passionate nationwide debate over gun safety, the National Rifle Association on Sunday rejected President Donald Trump's call for a federal ban
on rifle sales to those younger than 21, but a spokeswoman sought to play down the disagreement, suggesting Trump could change his mind.
The Florida Senate has passed a school safety bill putting new restrictions
on rifle sales and allowing some teachers to carry guns.
The Florida Senate has passed a school safety bill putting new restrictions
on rifle sales and allowing some teachers to carry guns.
Not exact matches
Dick's pointed to
sales of hunting gear such as
rifles, which chief financial officer Lee Belitsky called «much worse than our expectations»
on a conference call, and athletic apparel is key culprits in the shortfall.
Gun makers Sturm, Ruger and American Outdoor Brands fell to multiyear lows Wednesday after Trump talks tough
on guns, Dick's stops assault
rifle sales.
The groundwork for the ban
on sales of assault
rifles by Dick's Sporting Goods started with a private conversation in January.
On December 18, 2012 — less than a week after the heinous Sandy Hook Elementary School attack — Breitbart News reported that Dick's was suspending
sales of «modern sporting
rifles,» a moniker that encompassed AR - 15s, AK - 47s, and similar firearms.
Semi-automatic
rifles are seen for
sale in a gun shop in Las Vegas
on October 4, 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.
In response, some major U.S. retailers have put curbs
on the
sale of assault - style
rifles and will no longer sell firearms to people younger than 21.
Cuomo put forward a list of proposed laws that include: implementing a ban
on assault
rifles and high capacity magazines, a single license standard across the state for background checks, closing the loophole
on private
sales, and an increased onus
on mental health professionals to report at - risk individuals.
A federal judge has upheld most of New York's new gun control law, rejecting arguments that its bans
on large - capacity magazines and the
sale of some semi-automatic
rifles violate Second Amendment rights.
The 2013 law, passed in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre, led to a ban
on new
sales of military - style
rifles and shotguns and other gun control measures.
The youth at Pathway, a school within East that works with students to help them graduate
on time, went to support the Florida students who want a national ban
on the
sales of assault - style
rifles and high - capacity magazines and want to close loopholes about
sales of firearms at gun shows and
on the Internet.
After so much
rifling I did manage to find two pairs of sandals that you'd know I've been lusting over if you saw one of my previous posts, and the fact that they were
on sale makes them even more worth being trampled by Thai teenagers and mopey boyfriends.
And it's an easy emotional
sale if The Other in the story — the Viet Cong in «The Green Berets»; virtually everyone
on the receiving end of Chris Kyle's
rifle in «American Sniper» — remains a vaguely subhuman blank.
Preorders are
on sale now, and every pre-order included the FREE Secret Service weapons pack which includes the butter - smooth Wilkers & White P19 pistol, the piercingly precise Stoudenmire 960 submachine gun, and the punch - packing, one - of - a-kind Gehrig - Delgane S1
rifle.
Senate GOP leaders are preparing bills that would limit assault weapon
sales to those 21 and older and place a three - day waiting period
on rifle purchases.
The bill bans «bump stocks,» which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly; imposes a three - day waiting period
on all gun
sales; and increases the minimum age to buy a
rifle from 18 to 21, with exceptions for military and law - enforcement members.
The council also removed specific demands that called for «banning military - grade assault
rifles; requiring background checks
on all gun purchases; banning the
sale of accessories and add -
ons such as bump stocks that circumvent the ban
on automatic firearms; and prohibiting the
sale of firearms to individuals
on a terrorist watch list.»
The measure would raise the minimum age to buy
rifles from 18 to 21 and create a waiting period
on weapons
sales.
Not
on the agenda in the Florida Legislature's final three weeks is a Democratic senator's bill (SB 196) to ban the
sale of military - style weapons like the AR - 15 semi-automatic
rifle Nikolas Cruz used to massacre 17 people — and injure 15 — at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
on Wednesday.
The student are seeking more restriction
on gun
sales, including a ban
on semi-automatic weapons like the AR - 15
rifle used in the Parkland shooting.
The House bill features a ban
on both
sale and possession of bump stocks, accessories that allow semiautomatic
rifles to fire at near - automatic rates.
And many pro-gun rights Republicans didn't like the idea of raising the minimum age to buy
rifles from 18 to 21 and to create a waiting period
on sales of the weapons.
State senators in Florida had imposed a ban
on the
sale of semi-automatic
rifles like the one used during the February 14 school shooting spree; the ban lasted all of 15 minutes before it was swiftly rescinded by the very people who passed it in the first place.
The commission lacked the 10 - member quorum to take action
on the proposals, which included banning assault
rifles, banning high - capacity magazines, banning the
sale of devices to turn an semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one and banning gun shows
on county - owned property.
The bill would raise the minimum age to buy
rifles from 18 to 21 and create a waiting period
on sales of the weapons.