Sentences with phrase «other gun control measures»

Student organizers have raised more than $ 3 million through an online GoFundMe campaign and worked with Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates universal background checks and other gun control measures.

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.

It ends with a call for state and federal lawmakers to reject campaign contributions from gun rights groups like the NRA, enact stricter licensing and registration requirements for guns, a ban on «all classes of weapons that do not serve the specific uses of personal protection and sport shooting» and other gun control measures.

Last week, during a meeting with lawmakers, he seemed to express support for universal background checks — among other gun control measures — a move made on live TV that stunned his fellow Republicans.

The student organizers raised more than $ 3 million through an online GoFundMe campaign and worked with Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for universal background checks and other gun control measures.

Not exact matches

Other wealthy countries have dealt with this problem, passing an array of gun control measures, from universal background checks to licensing requirements to outright bans and confiscation schemes.

TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in two decades, the Republican - controlled Legislature passed Wednesday night major gun - control measures while also agreeing to arm some teachers and other school staff.

They said they would consider other gun control bills before the session ends in March, but none of those measures is expected to go as far as banning assault rifles.

As the deadly shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school, which killed 17 and injured more than a dozen others, sparks a national conversation around gun control, the White House is pushing Congress to actually pass 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.

Hoping to capitalize on Democratic anger over the election of President Trump, Mayer and other Democrats argue the Westchester contest is critical to their hopes of controlling the Senate and enacting legislation long sought by progressives, including new gun control measures, campaign finance and ethics reforms, and a bill to strengthen New York's abortion laws.

While GOP lawmakers in the Senate are hailing the move as a victory for the Second Amendment, Astorino and other gun - rights proponents have said the agreement does little to change the gun - control measure approved in 2013.

America's worst shooting massacre prompted the same sort of reactions from local members of Congress as all other such tragedies have, with Democrats calling for additional gun - control measures and Republicans resisting and blaming the Democratic president for a perceived inability to confront and control terrorism.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo renewed his call for federal gun control measures after a shooting in San Bernardino, California left at least 14 dead and more than a dozen others injured.

The bill comes after several other state and local governments have passed contentious gun - control measures in the wake of the February mass shooting at a Florida high school.

It addresses gun control measures, and creates frameworks for schools and law enforcement, including new units within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Department of Education, including a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Commission, and provides for student crime watch programs and other societal responses to potential threats to school safety.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has renewed a call for federal gun control measures after a shooting in San Bernardino, California left at least 14 dead and more than a dozen others injured Wednesday.

As dislikeable as he can be, Andrew Cuomo is the choice, if for no other reason than that he had the guts to push through the SAFE act gun control measure, a mild reaction to heinous events, but more than anyone else could muster and that he's passed four balanced on time budgets in a row in a state that couldn't for two previous decades.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate this past week tried pushing a vote on a package of gun control - related measures, like banning bump stocks and allowing a judge to order guns be taken away from a person if they're deemed a harm to themselves or others.

«All too often, pollsters ask Americans whether they support more or less gun control, or frame gun policies as controls on gun ownership generally rather than as measures to keep guns from criminals or other high - risk groups,» Barry says.

Democrats in Congress heard from students, parents and others who have been impacted by gun violence and who are urging Congress to pass gun - control measures.

Some events were solemn and at times silent remembrances of the lives lost, while at other demonstrations participants demanded stricter gun control measures and vowed repercussions for elected leaders who failed to heed the call.

In Michigan, teachers have turned out in disproportionate numbers for everything from the women's marches and Indivisible rallies that sprung up after Trump's inauguration to demonstrations demanding tougher gun control and other school safety measures.

While some investors are simply worried about new gun control measures, others simply can not justify to themselves the idea of profiting from products that result in negative externalities.

The students said they wanted to encourage others to use their voices, honor the victims of Parkland, and seek stronger gun control measures.

-- Florida House rejects gun - control measure: A proposal to prevent the sale of assault rifles, such as the AR - 15 used in the Parkland shooting, was rejected Tuesday by the Florida House, as survivors of the Parkland shooting watched from the House gallery and others traveled by bus to the state capital.