Not exact matches
Technology CEOs including Apple's Tim Cook and Microsoft's Satya Nadella sent
out messages of support, but some went further and
called for stricter
gun control.
The walk
out was part of Will Riley's «Stand
for the Second» event; a nationwide
call to counter nonstop
gun control campaigns with a walkout in support of the Second Amendment and our founding principles.
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.
The Vietnam veteran had come
out to join thousands
calling for gun control at the March For Our Liv
for gun control at the March
For Our Liv
For Our Lives.
In his first term Cuomo used his State of the State Addresses to build what observers
call his version of «a new Democrat,» or his version of being (Bill) Clintonian - rolling
out fairly moderate - to - conservative fiscal proposals, including some that targeted Western and Upstate New York
for growth, and liberal social policies like marriage equality and
gun control.
Cuomo instead governed as a Clintonian centrist, pushing
for a socially liberal agenda (same - sex marriage, abortion rights,
gun control) that he hoped would balance
out economic policies that prompted the state's highest - ranking GOP official to
call him «a good, moderate Republican.»
The shooting comes a day before students and teachers across the country participate on walk
out to honor the 17 people killed at Stoneman Douglas and
call for stricter
gun control laws.
And Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R - MO) has also spoken
out about her concerns regarding video games — particularly in light of
calls for gun control legislation, which she described in a Politicoop - ed written after the Sandy Hook shootings as a «common and simplistic response.»
The person managing King's page responded: «Pointing
out the irony of someone wearing the flag of a communist country while simultaneously
calling for gun control isn't «picking» on anyone.
Students from the school walked
out of class on the one month anniversary of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting to
call for gun control.
Outside the old Capitol, chants of «Vote them
out» broke
out as speakers
called for the removal of Republican lawmakers who refuse to enact
gun control.