Sentences with phrase «prohibits gun sales»

The NRA is filing a lawsuit against the state of Florida after Governor Rick Scott signed a bill prohibiting gun sales to anyone younger than 21 on Friday.

It would also prohibit gun sales to Floridians who were committed to mental institutions or deemed mentally incompetent by a judge, and would allow the police — with judicial approval — to bar a person deemed dangerous from owning guns for up to a year.

It would also prohibit gun sales to Floridians who were committed to mental institutions or deemed mentally incompetent by a judge, and would allow the police — with judicial approval — to bar a person deemed dangerous from owning guns for up to a year.

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Earlier this week, President Barack Obama unveiled executive actions on guns, which, among other things, are designed to make gun sales easier to monitor and keep guns out of the hands of people who are prohibited from having them because of criminal and certain mental health records.

Connecticut expanded a ban on assault weapons, prohibited the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines and imposed stricter background checks on gun purchases after 20 children and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012.

Had Kelley been convicted of sexual assault, he would likely have been prevented from purchasing a gun because federal guidelines prohibit sales to anyone convicted of a felony punishable by more than one year in prison.

From banning the sale of possession of bump stocks to allowing courts to prohibit domestic violence abusers or people deemed extreme risks from purchasing guns, Democrat Sean Ryan said the legislation the Assembly passed this week is commonsense, plain and simple.

Speakers at the larger rally on Empire State Plaza, including celebrity businessman Donald Trump and Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, said the law prohibiting the sale of some popular guns like the AR - 15 goes too far and should be scrapped.

The state also requires that private gun sales are subject to federal background checks to determine if the buyer is a felon or otherwise prohibited from having a gun.

(WHITE PLAINS, NY) Newly Elected Westchester County Executive, George Latimer delivered on a promise from in his campaign, and signed an Executive Order prohibiting the sale of guns on Westchester County property, on his second day on the job, Tuesday.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — On his second day as Westchester County Executive, George Latimer delivered on a promise from in his campaign, and signed an Executive Order prohibiting the sale of guns on Westchester County property.

WHEREAS, the Cortland County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc. acknowledges that in 2008, the Supreme Court established, via District of Columbia vs Heller, that the Second Amendment does not limit laws regulating the sales of guns, or prohibit possession of guns by the mentally ill or by felons, nor does it prohibit penalties against the carrying of guns in schools and government buildings; and

There is also an online petition to demand Congress pass laws to ban assault weapons, prohibit the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines, and close loopholes in background check laws for gun sales.

The council also removed specific demands that called for «banning military - grade assault rifles; requiring background checks on all gun purchases; banning the sale of accessories and add - ons such as bump stocks that circumvent the ban on automatic firearms; and prohibiting the sale of firearms to individuals on a terrorist watch list.»