Sentences with phrase «pass gun control legislation after»
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As President Barack Obama tried to pass gun control legislation after a young man with an AR - 15 semiautomatic rifle killed 20 children in a Connecticut elementary school, a Tennessee group started working to give away the same type of gun.
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Former President Barack Obama and many of his fellow Democrats unsuccessfully pushed to pass gun control legislation after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012.
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He and other Democratic leaders have previously criticized Republican members of Congress for failing to pass gun - control legislation after mass shootings.
After Newtown, you said, «If you passed the strongest gun control legislation tomorrow, I don't think it will have a profound effect on the tragedies we have seen.»
He supported the bipartisan gun control and school safety legislation that passed after Sandy Hook but recently told a gun rights group that he regretted his vote.
Both legislators were targeted for recall after passing gun control legislation through means that circumvented any possible voter referendum.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The Democrat - controlled state Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing gun violence in the state, a day after Republicans who control New York's Senate approved bills that focus on school safety but don't address the gun control issue.
After an NYPD officer was shot and killed by a suspect with a gun illegally transported into the state, Bratton went off on a tirade about Congress when asked to identify a piece of gun control legislation he believed could pass the Republican - led congress.
Sharpe said the gun control legislation passed after the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting does not make people safe.
Gun culture runs deep across upstate, where many remain bitterly opposed to the SAFE Act, the controversial state gun control legislation passed after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012.
Shortly after, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Mike Thompson called on congress to create a committee on gun violence, allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study gun violence and pass expanded background check legislation.