Sentences with phrase «own guns»

«Part of that is conversation about policy, where are we going to go with gun safety, background checks, those are real conversations we need to have.»

The only trick is to stick to your guns and keep boundaries in place when the person tries to encroach upon them, which they will.

The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said in a statement that Trump spoke with Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas about a bipartisan bill to improve federal background checks for prospective gun buyers.

The scarcity of illegal guns is reportedly so bad that stolen antique guns are frequently used by gangs, and U.K. law enforcement officials now estimate that only around 1,000 guns are in use by criminal elements in the entirety of the U.K.

Who wasn't on the edge of the seat as the FBI asked the world for leads, revealed pictures of two young men who couldn't quite be pegged as foreign - born or American, identified the suspects and gunned one down, only to leave one on the loose, and an entire city in lockdown?

Perhaps most remarkable is the collective imagination of students across the United States, who dared to take on a challenge that their parents, aunts, and uncles had all but abandoned: stopping the scourge of gun violence.

As the train rumbled on, the man pulled out the gun at least three times, according to an account in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The 15 - minute presentation opened with an executive firing a fake gun in the air, and things just got crazier from there.

She, along with several of her classmates, have held gun control rallies in their Florida community and called on government officials to act now to prevent future mass shootings from taking place.

Under Clarke, Moews said, the office ended the gun and narcotics units, cut freeway and park patrol, and cut «proactive units.»

Clinton seeks to roll back a controversial law that gives gun manufacturers ample protection from lawsuits.

He described how he was standing on tiptoes, reaching around a wooden frame while holding the gun, and pulled the trigger by mistake.

Mustard gas and the machine gun would become the hallmarks of a protracted war so brutal that many expected it to be history's last major conflict, a cataclysm that would make war appear too mutually destructive to merit a place in the modern world.

In fact, Farage went to great paints to distance himself from an American style of gun ownership.

If a gun could kill a 12 - year - old, I wondered, why couldn't it kill me?

To supporters of this strategy, only a gun in the hands of a good guy can stop one in the hands of a bad guy.

«If corporate America wants to make a positive difference on gun violence, it should donate a portion of its profits to mental health treatments and school safety initiatives.

Jeh Johnson agree gun control fights terrorism.

After attributing their presidential loss in 2000 in part to the assault weapons ban, Democrats shied away from gun control talk in order to avoid alienating rural voters, particularly blue collar white males.

One of the most useful things to do when thinking about gun control and its controversial place in American society is to consider other countries and their relationship to guns and gun crime.

But there are signs that the number of armed Swiss is dropping: its now estimated there are roughly 2 million privately owned guns in the country — about one for every four Swiss people.

The Swiss have often been touted by the National Rifle Association (NRA) as a standout example of a country with little gun control and a homicide rate near zero.

Just days after a gunman opened fire at her school and killed 17 of her peers, Florida high school senior Emma Gonzalez used her voice to call national attention to gun law reform.

It was showcased at Camp Pendleton and allows marines to take part in a simulation involving shooting enemy aircraft with a.50 caliber machine gun.

Re / code reports that «one user in Michigan posted that he / she was bringing a gun to school, resulting in a police and FBI investigation,» but that the threat eventually was cleared.

Today, Democrats are less worried about those voters, who tend to oppose gun laws.

Since the mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, in which 49 people died, the entire media ecosystem — from late - night comedians to TV anchors to newspapers — have been focused on America's gun violence epidemic.

«To just feel the airplane shake and to know that you can employ a gun from an airplane diving at the ground [at] 400 - plus mph [and at] a 45 degree dive angle, and [that] I can confidently on every single pass put 30 mm exactly on target... it's very rewarding,» McGraw said.

«We just want to create a community where people feel at ease, where they do not feel threatened, and we just don't see guns fitting into that equation,» Ms. Herd said.

While reformers struggle to strengthen America's extremely weak gun control system, it's worth looking at how different things are overseas.

Citizens of the country have even developed a reputation for having their guns ready in the closet at a moment's notice, which has led some people to wonder if the Swiss are all required to own arms in order to protect their state.

At its analyst day, the company said it was gunning for sales in the year ending January 2021 to hit as much as $ 119.8 billion, compared with this year's estimate of $ 100.6 billion.

In the key swing state of Ohio, Ted Strickland was elected governor as a pro-gun Democrats in 2006, but largely reversed his views on guns before challenging incumbent Sen. Rob Portman this year.

He responded that the ban on hand guns in the U.K. was «ludicrous» and that «if you criminalize handguns then only the criminals carry the guns.»

Questions will likely touch on trade policy, gun control stance, security clearance revisions and staff departures.

NRA TV is a free online - only channel with content from the gun lobbyist.

More and more, Democrats agree on gun control.

The app's user base has expanded to include a wide range of users, including gun control advocates as well as people who use firearms for recreation and hunting.

The ban is just one of many restrictive laws on gun ownership in the U.K., but it's an important one.

«Take the guns first, go through due process second.»

Curbing all kinds of gun violence and other crimes comes down to more funding for effective enforcement, says Jake Novak.

But, he told studio chiefs: «When it comes to issues like gun violence, we've got to make sure that we're not glorifying it, because the stories you tell shape our children's outlook and their lives.»

«I would not like us to go to the American system, which strikes me as absolutely crazy,» he explained in his interview today, «that you can go and buy automatic repeating rifles down at the local gun shop that looks more like a supermarket.»

Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. have organized gun protests and been joined by millions of Americans that have railed against gun violence, assault rifles, and the NRA.

«These weren't concealed movements; the gun is very clear.»

The officer did not fire his weapon at the suspect, identified as 25 - year - old Alex Minassian, despite harrowing moments captured on video that showed the suspect gesturing aggressively at the office and claiming to have a gun.

The only way we will inspire change on gun control is if we all speak out.

And it turned its Twitter feed into a sort of running op - ed, focused on gun violence in America.

But following a string of mass shootings and nationwide calls for gun control in recent weeks, Bumble is setting plans in motion to ban images of firearms for its nearly 30 million users.

Though a management team of hired guns manages day - to - day operations, Harrison's son Mark is active as deputy chairman of the board.