Sentences with phrase «on terrorism watch lists»

Sen. Chuck Schumer and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, at a news conference in lower Manhattan on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, call on the federal government to allow states to bar people on terrorism watch lists from buying guns.

Proposals to stop people on terrorism watch lists from buying guns are opposed not only by the National Rifle Association, but also by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Murphy's call for the two votes came as presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he would meet with the National Rifle Association to discuss ways to block people on terrorism watch lists or no - fly lists from buying guns.

Democrats have said the sit - in will continue until a vote is called on legislation that proposes greater background checks and a ban on sales to anyone on a terrorism watch list.

Under the new legislation, which Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he supports, the city will honor immigration waivers if the federal government requests them with a judge's warrant — and even then, only if the subject of the warrant was convicted within the last five years of a violent or serious crime, or is a possible match on the terrorism watch list.

With mass shootings dominating the news at regular intervals, Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have pursued legislation to expand background checks, prevent those on the terrorism watch list from buying guns, and impose stiff penalties for gun straw purchasing and trafficking.

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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D - New York) has openly supported Democratic bills including one that expands the background check requirement to gun shows and online purchases and another that would stop anyone who's been on the federal terrorism watch list in the past five years from purchasing a gun.

Shortly after, Senate Democrats introduced a measure that would have restricted anyone on the federal terrorism watch list, also known as the no - fly list, from being able to purchase firearms in the U.S..

Democratic challengers in some of this year's most competitive races are appealing to Americans» fears about terrorism to broach gun control, specifically by calling out Republican incumbents for not backing New York Republican Rep. Peter T. King's bill, first introduced nine years ago, to prevent people on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms.

With the mass shooting in California last week focusing attention on terrorism and guns, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut announced that he intended to sign an executive order barring people on federal terrorism watch lists from buying firearms in the state.

Hours after he left the Senate Thursday morning, Murphy made numerous national television appearances to discuss the two areas where Democrats forced a vote: banning people on government terrorism watch lists from buying guns and expanding background checks.

Here, Poitras walks us through the exhibition, reveals what it was like being on a terrorism - related watch - list in the early aughts, plus what she really thinks of Homeland.

A Senate vote on an amendment that would have blocked gun purchases by people on a federal watch list for terrorism caught the attention of NBC producer / reporter Frank Thorp: