Sentences with phrase «oppose gun control measures»

Hammer reached out to members last month to pressure the Florida Republican leaders — Corcoran, Scott and the Florida Senate President Joe Negron — to oppose gun control measures.

Cuomo — who has also vowed to work against the re-election of Faso and a half - dozen other Republican members of Congress who oppose gun control measures — said Faso's personal «no» vote on did not get him off the hook.

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While most Americans, Democratic lawmakers, and President Donald Trump have shown support for increased gun control measures like more thorough background checks, many Republican lawmakers continue to oppose any new gun regulations.

Many conservatives have been critical of the Parkland survivors» political and policy beliefs, which isn't too surprising given that the survivors have called for gun control measures that conservatives are opposed to.

Also in the poll: An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support the SAFE Act along with proposed new gun control measures in the state, though they oppose the idea of arming school teachers.

Some cautioned, however, that the places a gun control debate would not help Democratic Senate chances are places like Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and Arizona — heavily Republican states where voters oppose measures to gun access or anything to do with Obama, for that matter.

Vice President Mike Pence, like many Republicans, opposes most gun control measures.

Senate Republicans have approved measures aimed at strengthening school safety in recent weeks, including measures aimed at funding school resource officers, a move Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he is opposed to and has backed traditional gun control legislation.

GOP gubernatorial nominee Neel Kashkari assured gun owners Friday he's opposed to four controversial gun - control measures now sitting on the desk of his opponent, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.

«Anti-Semites, racists, and far - right conspiracy theorists have for years opposed common - sense gun control measures by invoking the name of Adolf Hitler.

Cuomo noted that Zeldin opposed the SAFE Act when he was a member of the Senate Republican conference, and has voted against gun control measures since arriving in Congress.

He included that on his end - of - session agenda in an effort to mollify conservative activists who opposed ascension as leader due to his «yes» vote on the controversial gun control measure.

The Orleans County Legislature joined a growing voice of upstate New York counties in opposing many of the provisions of the New York SAFE Act, a gun control measure that legislators say was rushed into passage by the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Washington (CNN)-- Four Republican senators who were on the fence about a bipartisan compromise on gun control said on Monday they would now oppose the measure.

The Orleans County Legislature joined a growing voice of upstate New York counties in opposing many of the provisions of the New York SAFE Act, a gun control measure that legislators say was rushed into passage by the state Legislature... Continue reading →

But Cuomo, when he wants to, has been able to convince Republicans to vote through bills that they might traditionally oppose including marriage equality, gun control measures, and a major hike in the minimum wage.

Why, to put the Republicans on record as opposing a gun - control measure with a good deal of support, one the kids from Stoneman Douglas very much want to see happen, of course.