They passed a resolution urging state and federal lawmakers to
pass gun control measures, including restricting the sale of ammunition and gun modifiers, to ban assault weapons, to limit the number of firearms a person can own, and institute a universal background check.
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.
They are also planning a rally at noon pushing lawmakers to
pass gun control measures.
However, there are numerous examples of leaders «making a difference» after a terrible shooting by
passing gun control measures.
Mr. Cuomo believed he could get the votes to
pass a gun control measure in the Senate, but any doubt was erased by a Dec. 24 ambush in Webster, near Rochester, in which a lone gunman set fire to a car and his house, then killed two firefighters who responded.
New York lawmakers
passed the gun control measures known as the SAFE Act five years ago after Sandy Hook, which continues to divide liberals and conservatives to this day.
Guess they don't have a Marion Hammer in Oregon: The Associated Press's Andrew Selsky reports that Oregon appears to be the first state to
pass a gun control measure since the Stoneman Douglas shooting.
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.
Both groups are meeting with legislators, urging them to
pass gun control, school safety and mental health
measures in the remaining weeks of the annual legislative session.
The basic problem: If a city or state
passes strict
gun control measures, people can simply cross a border to buy
guns in a jurisdiction with laxer laws.
Senate GOP lawmakers since the passage of the SAFE Act have largely resisted efforts to
pass new
gun control measures, though pushes to repeal the law have faltered.
Now he's pushing state lawmakers in Albany to take up the first major
gun control measure since the SAFE Act
passed in 2013.
With a sweeping
gun control measure behind them, the leaders of the newly formed IDC - GOP Senate coalition believe they've
passed a major hurdle toward convincing Albany they can manage the state Senate.
Long also blasted the
measure as a «political charade» that only boosts Cuomo's political standing by being the first state in the nation to
pass gun control legislation, even before the federal government and Obama administration can do something on the issue.
The state Legislature
passed and Cuomo approved this March its first piece of
gun control legislation since the SAFE Act was approved, a
measure that tightens restrictions on
gun ownership for those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.
Republicans have not ruled out
passing new
gun control measures that would make it harder for people convicted of domestic abuse or who have mental illnesses from owning firearms.
In a statement, Cuomo — who ushered the SAFE Act through the Legislature — used the court's denial to call on Congress to
pass national
gun -
control measures.
He can take credit for progressive accomplishments under his reign like a phased - in $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, and strict
gun control measures, ignoring the fact that regular Democrats endorsed all these things and would have
passed them into law if they too sat in the majority.
Assemblyman Bill Nojay (R - Livingston County) said one way for Flanagan — who voted for the
gun control measure — to prove he is serious is to refuse to
pass any extension of the rent regulation laws without agreement on «meaningful» SAFE Act changes.
Just after the Sandy Hook school shooting, a lot of states
passed tougher
gun control measures.
All this, piled on top of the
gun control and same - sex marriage
measures he
passed in his first four years in office, made it seem few could accuse Cuomo of being a closet Republican again.
The House
passed one of the legislative session's biggest
gun control bills late Tuesday night — a
measure banning «bump stocks,» the devices that allowed a shooter to fire faster and kill nearly 60 people last year at a concert outside a Las Vegas hotel.
Cuomo, too, has benefited from the IDC - GOP coalition in the chamber, and often cites his record to
pass measures such as a new
gun control law and the legalization of same - sex marriage, while also racking up tax cuts aimed at businesses and property owners in the state budget.
With Cuomo, Skelos allowed votes on a host of long - sought Democratic
measures ranging from the legalization of same - sex marriage to a sweeping
gun control law in 2013 that was
passed in the wake of a school shooting in Connecticut.
The backlash against New York's new
gun control law, the NY SAFE Act, continues, with the Wilton GOP announcing today it unanimously
passed a resolution in opposition to the
measure and calling on fellow party committees to do the same.
The
gun control measure passed with Republican support and Klein pointed to the input of the GOP lawmakers in the process for making it happen, giving it the appearance of bipartisan deal making.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to take it slow on a legislative response to the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases contrasts with his speedy effort a year ago to
pass the nation's first
gun control measure after the Newtown tragedy.
At the same time, they point to Flanagan's vote in favor of the 2013
gun control law known as the SAFE Act (Flanagan and the Senate
passed a package of SAFE Act changes at the end of session, but those
measures were unlikely to be taken up in the Democratic - led Assembly).
Before New York's new
gun control law was even
passed, lawmakers were acknowledging that they would have to
pass a second
measure to clean up some of its errors.
Candice Giove, a spokeswoman for the conference, said it would «remain a separate conference focused on fighting for the people of New York and continuing our record of success,» citing votes for a $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave and the Safe Act, a set of tough
gun -
control measures that
passed in 2013.
Supporters defended Cuomo's liberal credentials throughout the campaign, noting his work to
pass same - sex marriage and
gun control measures while also working to cut state government dysfunction and boost the economy through business - friendly tax policies and initiatives designed to spur economic development in western New York.
After being nominated by a host of prominent speakers, including former President Bill Clinton (via video) and Mayor Bill de Blasio (in person), Mr. Cuomo underscored the liberal achievements of his administration, including legalizing same - sex marriage and
passing strict
gun control measures, apparently pushing back on left - leaning Democrats who have questioned his progressive credentials.
Governor Cuomo, whose 2013 SAFE Act was one of the toughest packages of new state
gun laws to
pass in recent years, responded to Gabey's shooting by calling greater national
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.
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.
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.
In the weeks after politicians in Albany quickly
passed the new
gun control measures, fears in the plant's nearly 200 - year - old hometown of Ilion rose about the company closing or relocating.
«We look forward to working with Governor Cuomo to push a number of issues that are important to him but have been blocked by the Senate Republicans including raising the minimum wage, real campaign finance reform and
passing common sense
gun control measures like microstamping,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.
The law is the first
gun control measure passed in the U.S. since the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut and it gives New York state the toughest
gun control law in the nation.
Questions have been swirling since New York State
passed the toughest
gun control measures in the nation.
Two weeks after
passing new
gun control measures, New York officials are holding public forums around the state to discuss what's in the law.
Supporters of the deal say having a Democratic -
controlled Senate will make it easier to
pass long - stalled initiatives like the Child Victims Act, early voting, stronger abortion protections and more
gun control measures.
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.
He recommended that Congress
pass tougher
gun -
control laws and safety
measures, including childproof locks.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is reiterating his call for state lawmakers to
pass a series of what he calls «common sense»
gun control measures.
In response, legislators
passed gun -
control measures for the first time in 20 years.
Nine more wrote that the amendment should be rewritten to allow for
gun control measures that currently would not
pass constitutional muster, such as the Washington, D.C., handgun ban that was overturned in the landmark 2008 District of Columba v. Heller decision that also found Americans have an individual right to own firearms, never mind all this «well - regulated militia» business.
Gun
control has long been one of the most divisive and contentious issues in Washington, and the rush to legislate on school safety reflects the difficulty of
passing measures that have anything to do with
guns.