Sentences with phrase «over gun control measures»

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Congress's inaction on guns over the past few years is not due to the unpopularity of gun control measures.

Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!

But 18 Republicans voted against it over objections to gun control measures they believe violate the Second Amendment.

Gun control measures can help address this by reducing the number of people who own guns, whether over time or immediately.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was vocal about his support of a congressional measure to close the so - called «terror gap» as the nation again is in a furor over gun control.

Cuomo has over the years pushed Congress repeatedly to take up gun control legislation after New York approved a sweeping package of measures in 2013 known as the SAFE Act, which remains controversial with gun owners, especially in upstate New York.

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.

Cuomo has already rolled out a series of proposals over the last several weeks for the new year, beginning with a new gun control measure designed to take guns away from domestic abusers to combating student loan and spending $ 34 million to overhaul Stewart Airport in the Hudson Valley to name three of the more than a dozen or so proposals unspooled.

The measures, which are also backed by Sen. James Seward of Oneida, would address major aspects of the gun control law championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which he counts among his most significant accomplishments as governor over the last four years.

The racially motivated shooting by Dylan Roof led to a national debate over the prominence of the Confederate battle flag through much of the South, but a conversation over new gun control measures nationally was more muted.

Despite the various internecine squabbles over who will be at the top of Republican ticket this year, conservative activists in New York remain united in their opposition to the SAFE Act, a gun control measure championed by Cuomo last year.

But over time, Higgins said he came to see the NRA responding to reasonable gun control measures in a knee - jerk way, too, and blocking sensible measures such as background checks for those who buy weapons at gun shows.

He points to the controversy over Cuomo's gun control measure — the SAFE Act — as an example of an issue that could be shaking down at the local voting booths.

PLATTSBURGH Over 150 people marched in Plattsburgh last Saturday to show their support for victims of the recent mass - shooting in Parkland, Florida and call for stricter gun control measures.

The Senate is expected to vote Monday on a series of competing gun - control measures that will highlight the continuing divide between Democrats and Republicans over how Congress should respond to mass shootings.

One gets the sense that some of the vote on Amendment 66 was a carryover from the general public anger over how many measures, such as gun control, were forced through the legislature with little deliberation and no bipartisanship.

Although there is a clear separation in views over gun control and gun rights among Americans, the distinct measures put forward have been generally popular.

Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders, turning away from significant gun control legislation, have shifted instead toward measures that would beef up security at the nation's schools, hoping the push will quell public uproar over the recent massacre in Parkland, Fla..