Sentences with phrase «reduce gun crime»

If anybody thinks this bill is supposed to reduce gun crime think again.

Earlier this week, the prime minister said ministers were already examining measures to reduce gun crime, including greater powers for the police.

I am not sure if anything can be done to reduce gun crimes.

Not exact matches

However, because people either fear guns or desperately want violent crimes to be reduced and see guns as their cause, they will still believe that gun control laws will actually protect them, as fallacious as that idea is.

TAKING GUNS AWAY FROM LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WILL NOT REDUCE CRIMES COMMITTED WITH THEM AS CRIMINALS WILL ALWAYS OWN GUNS.

A Home Office spokesperson said: «The government wholly supports the powers of stop and search and believes it to be a vital tool for police officers in preventing, detecting and reducing crime, whether it be street robbery, gun crime, drug - dealing or terrorism.

(Albany, NY)-- New York State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon today joined advocates including New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violence.

«We need him to build on his phenomenal success in improving our schools, to continue his national leadership in reducing crime and getting illegal guns off our streets and to keep improving our quality of life as no other has in my 27 years in government.»

He agreed with previous comments from the home secretary that it is essential the government stem the flow and supply of guns if it is to reduce violent crime.

Following a spate of shootings and stabbings among young people in London, the home secretary launched a three stage initiative to reduce gun, knife and gang crime in February.

Despite promises that curbing the Second Amendment rights of Americans will reduce violent crime, the SAFE Act has had no meaningful impact on crime or gun violence.

He suggests that New York must address social issues to further reduce its crime rate but seems to ignore a major pachyderm in the parlor: namely, that in these foreign nations gun ownership is far smaller.

For example, evidence suggests that additional prison time for gun use in a violent crime can reduce robberies involving guns.

In their article, the authors underscore that although teasing apart the intricacies between gun laws and related violence can be very difficult, evidence increasingly shows that stricter gun laws in the U.S. can reduce crime.

«Reduce crime and gun violence and stabilize neighborhoods: A randomized controlled study: As much as a 29 percent reduction in gun violence in poor neighborhoods could translate into hundreds of fewer shootings every year for cities affected by blighted spaces.»

Among the findings was that lifting restrictions on concealed carry guns increases violent crime and that laws restricting gun ownership for people convicted of domestic violence reduced killings of female domestic partners.

Sen would also ascertain levels of burglary, robbery and assault, with the aim of discovering whether evidence exists for strict gun laws increasing crime by reducing people's abilities to protect themselves.

There is moderate evidence to support conclusions that background checks reduce firearm suicides and firearm homicides, and that laws prohibiting the purchase or possession of guns by individuals with some forms of mental illness reduce violent crime, according to the analysis.

Total crimes and specifically gun crimes were reduced as well.

Mark Obbie has this terrific lengthy new piece in Politico Magazine with full headline that captures its key themes: «Why Jeff Sessions» Recycled Crime - Fighting Strategy Is Doomed to Fail: Funneling more gun criminals into federal prison won't reduce homicides.

If there is good research indicating that this transfer of discretion in the gun crime settings help to reduce illegal gun use and gun violence, I can understand why folks in Chicago and elsewhere think increased mandatory minimums should be a needed response to gun crimes and gun violence.

A grant from CREDO members would have a significant impact on the three main areas that the Brady Center focuses on: reducing the flow of crime guns into communities most heavily impacted by gun violence, expanding and protecting the Brady Background Check system and changing the cultural perception that owning or carrying a gun makes you safer.

Focused on a number of priorities, including reducing violent crime and gun violence; fostering community engagement; police recruitment; training and integrity; and the use of technology to enhance efficiency and effectiveness with budget challenges.

In the end, legislation won't control emails any more than gun control reduced crime.