Sentences with phrase «public calls for gun control»

There is a cycle we go through every time there is a high - profile mass shooting: The public calls for gun control, the media covers it, and gun enthusiasts — worried that they won't be able to buy guns anymore — stock up on more guns.

Not exact matches

«In my world, you don't get to call yourself «pro-life» and be against common - sense gun control — like banning public access to the kind of semiautomatic assault rifle, designed for warfare, that was used recently in a Colorado theater.

Proudly calling himself the National Rifle Association's «Public Enemy No. 1,» U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged congressional Republican leaders top listen to the «millions and millions» of March for Our Lives protesters by introducing gun - control legislation.

Lawmakers will return to Washington today facing intense public pressure to break their decades - long gridlock on gun control, a demand fortified by a bipartisan group of governors calling for Congress to take action to protect against mass shootings.

(CNN)- Days after the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, demands from the public and lawmakers for tougher gun control legislation were met by President Barack Obama's call for a re-examination of the country's gun laws.