Sentences with phrase «other assault weapons»

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The company also faced intense, unwanted attention in the aftermath of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn. where 26 people, including children, were killed by a gunman armed with, among other weapons, a Remington Bushmaster assault rifle.

Democratic legislators, who are far outnumbered in the House and Senate and wield no power over which legislation gets considered, tried repeatedly over three committee hearings on Monday and Tuesday to amend the gun control bills to include an assault weapons ban and other, more stringent policies.

In the wake of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, some have argued for a reinstatement of the nationwide ban on assault weapons, while others have suggested that the solution lies in improving access to mental - health care.

These convictions reference a case in 2010 where Fitzgerald was charged with assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm.

Most make semiautomatic firearms like the AR - 15 known by some as assault weapons and by others as modern sport rifles.

Only New York, California, Washington, D.C., and five other states have their own assault - weapon bans, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Lawmakers like Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, voted against the bill because it did not include a ban on assault weapons or other broad measures sought by survivors of all the shootings.

Passing a law to ban the sale of assault weapons like the ones used in Las Vegas, Orlando, Sutherland Springs, Aurora, Sandy Hook and, most recently, to kill 17 innocent people and injure more than a dozen others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

I am an evangelical Christian who believes we need some restrictions on assault weapons, alongs with many other things such as better care available to persons with mental illness.

This discussion should be about expanding that ban to include other «assault» type weapons and weapons of war and has nothing to do with every fundiots fear of having their rifle taken away.

Second you're cherry picking stats from other countries that have nothing to do with assault weapon restrictions or tightening background checks.

Infamous as the Kalashnikov assault rifle, this weapon has killed more American soldiers since 1952 than any other weapon in the world.

Since May 2017, the agency has arrested 199 Iraqi nationals nationwide, the overwhelming majority of whom had criminal convictions for crimes including homicide, rape, aggravated assault, kidnapping, burglary, drug trafficking, robbery, sex assault, weapons violations and other offenses.

Ok it might be technically true that Assault Weapons have been banned, but there are obviously other types of weapons that provide way more killing power than should be in the hands of any joe public.

Already, the lawless void in southern Libya is spreading chaos to other parts of North Africa: weapons such as RPGs, Semtex explosives, assault rifles, antiaircraft machine guns, and grenades have moved from the chaotic remnants of Libya's revolution to the incipient one in Mali, which is currently riven by an Islamist insurgency.

Wednesday, Paul Ryan stood up for the rights of crazy people to purchase assault weapons and kill others yesterday.

There are other guns that perform the same that are still available, as the differences between an «assault weapon» and any other rifle are mostly cosmetic:

Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny today upheld the assault weapons ban portion of New York's SAFE Act, but struck down several other provisions — including the seven - round magazine limit, calling it «largely an arbitrary restriction that impermissibly infringes on the rightsguaranteed by the Second Amendment.»

That law — which Senate Republican leadership supported, but many GOP state senators opposed — enacted universal background checks, restrictions on assault weapons, restrictions on the capacity of ammunition magazines, among other provisions.

Other offences included possession of an offensive weapon, drunk and disorderly and assault.

In an effort to reduce gun violence, the law broadened the definition of what counts as an assault weapon and created the pistol database, among other provisions.

Senate Democrats have introduced a package of gun legislation that would, among other things, ban assault weapons and require microstamping of shell casings.

But he says other states and the federal government may be limiting assault weapons soon, and the gun companies will have a lot more than New York state's ban to worry about.

In an effort to further mollify their conference, the Senate Republican leadership distributed to their members a one - page handout listing 15 «rejected Democrat proposals,» crediting themselves with rebuffing, among other things, a suggestion to confiscate guns now deemed assault weapons and limit gun purchases to one per month.

Andrew Cuomo can certainly boast a progressive record as governor of New York — raising the minimum wage, banning fracking, barring assault weapons, and legalizing same - sex marriage — but Cuomo has been far from progressive on other issues.

During debate over the gun control legislation approved in the State senate and Assembly, the issue of mentally ill people using guns to kill others came up a number of times, particularly among legislators who are opposed to restricting access to assault weapons and other guns.

Police say Barretto is suspected of selling 39 guns himself, including six assault weapons, and introduced undercover officers to many of the other defendants.

Assembly Bill 1985 «allows federal correctional officers to possess and use assault weapons and other specified firearms while off duty,» according to the legislative analysis.

Day's planks focused mainly on law enforcement exemptions and asked for a clearer definition of the term «assault weapon,» while Sparaco's additional planks rebuked the seven - round limit for a magazine, mandatory record - keeping for all ammunition purchases, the required renewal of pistol permits every five years, and many other parts of the bill.

One part of the SAFE Act bans the sale of assault weapons like the kind used Sunday by Omar Mateen in Orlando to kill 50 people and wound 53 others at the gay nightclub called Pulse.

She also spoke of her other efforts in Congress, such as working to ban assault weapons and forming a bipartisan committee to research the causes and effects of gun violence.

The law broadened the definition of banned assault weapons, increased penalties for illegal gun possession, reduced public access to gun permit information and required mental health professionals to report concerns about a gun - owning patient who posed a risk of harming himself or others.

In 2013, Governor Cuomo signed into law the NY SAFE Act (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act), which banned high capacity magazines and assault weapons, among other gun restrictions.

The analysts found little or no research on the impact of other policies, including gun - free zones, firearm sales reporting requirements and bans on assault weapons.

Among other goals, the president said he aims to require a «universal background check» for everyone buying a gun (about 40 % of gun sales are not covered now), a prohibition on the sale of «military - style assault weapons,» a ban on high - capacity ammunition magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets, and a push for better mental health care.

«Men who feel they fall short of «masculine» gender norms may be prone to violence: More likely to commit violent assaults with weapons and to cause injury if they feel others see them in this light too.»

Other scenes portray car chases, weapon use and the assault of a man in his home.

But the debate over school safety is muddled by the sometimes - contradictory statistics compiled by the city and state — including violent incidents, weapons recovery, assaults and other metrics — that are themselves a source of contention.

If there weren't yawning demographic and taste divides in this land, half the country wouldn't be preparing to secede over their right to celebrate the Confederacy by brandishing assault weapons in church, while the other half demand that the particulars of safe gay sex be taught in the schools.

She is accused of assault with a deadly weapon, auto theft, and passing bad checks, among other things.

So I'll make the assumption here that it plays like the other ones in which you shoot bad guys using a plethora of weapons and the power of your assault suit.

They went on to say: «similiar injuries can be caused by many other weapons, including shotguns, high - calibre revolvers, sniper rifles, assault rifles, rocket launchers, laser guns and grenades»

A few balancing issues do irritate such as the Assaults main weapon feeling a tad underpowered and other minor facts, though these will most likely be updated and corrected.

You get to carry along with you all of the weapons that you find in the world such as your trusty bow, assault rifle, pistol, mini-gun, shotgun and many others.

Jane Frey is an assault ops specialist with her primary weapon of choice being a shotgun and a revolver as a secondary weapon, while her special abilities include Leash which holds enemies within a gravitational anomaly; Void knocks down enemies in the path of a powerful bolt of energy; Choose of Slain allows Jane to pull an enemy closer as other enemies are pushed away; and Equinox forms a kinetic shield around Jane that protects her from incoming damage by reflecting incoming projectiles.

Two (2) Weapons — The Bal - 27 AE Assault Rifle and the Atlas 45 AE Pistol: Trick out your loadout with these two sleek weapons fitted with an Atlas Corporation theme to match your other custom content.

Should you the enemy engage their brain for a second and decided to launch an assault from the other direction you can recycle existing defenses before hurtling over to the front line and redeploying your stuff, picking and choosing which weapons to use depending on the enemy type.

Prepare to battle and defeat extreme nemeses including the Black Nucleus, Hyper Blobs and Spore Plants using powerful beams, energetic bombs and other unlockable assault weapons.

Many weapons return from Guerrilla as well, such as the Nano Rifle, Assault Rifle, Charge Launcher, and Rocket Launcher; and other new ones join the mix too.

o Two (2) Weapons — The Bal - 27 AE Assault Rifle and the Atlas 45 AE Pistol: Trick out your loadout with these two sleek weapons fitted with an Atlas Corporation theme to match your other custom content.