Sentences with phrase «proposed gun control measures»

But they are also not proposing any gun control measures.

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President Trump appeared to take a tiny step toward the narrowest possible gun control measures on Tuesday, saying that he signed a memo directing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to propose a rule banning some devices, such as bump stocks, which he said can turn otherwise legal guns into machine guns.

Also in the poll: An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support the SAFE Act along with proposed new gun control measures in the state, though they oppose the idea of arming school teachers.

New York Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Senate Democrats announce they will propose hostile amendments on gun control measures on the Senate floor Wednesday, February 28.

Democrats in the New York state Senate say they will push harder for gun control bills in the wake of the Florida shooting that left 17 dead and are even considering proposing the measures as hostile amendments.

Supporters of gun rights have argued the remedies proposed by gun control advocates won't prevent another shooting, leaving them to push for school safety measures.

Lawmakers and administration officials have cited the complexity of the criminal justice matters being proposed, saying more time is needed to parse through language (lawmakers and Cuomo may be wary of again taking up a complex issue so quickly following the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act had to be amended to exclude police officers from the measure).

Although Republican senators threatened a filibuster to keep the Senate from discussing the school building security measure — part of proposed legislation that deals largely with the higher - profile issue of gun control — compromises reached behind the scenes nudged the legislation onto the chamber's floor by the end of the week.

Similar patterns occur with gun sales, which frequently rise when gun control measures are proposed.

In the two weeks since the shooting that claimed the lives of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., a wave of gun - control measures were proposed and taken under consideration in various state legislatures.

Several angrily cited the long record of gun control bills that have died in Congress, including measures that were proposed after 26 students and teachers were massacred in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012.