Sentences with phrase «said gun violence victims»

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Forty - two percent of respondents said they were either somewhat worried or very worried about being the victim of gun violence.

«I represent the African American women who are victims of gun violence, who are simply statistics instead of vibrant, beautiful girls full of potential,» Wadler said.

After every killing the preacher / family always says «they're in heaven now» God loves victims of gun violence.

Williams said he was at a street renaming for a gun - violence victim that he committed to a couple weeks ago.

«With a Democratic majority we can move forward on gun violence protection, climate change, the child victims act, women's health issues,» said Mayer.

The package of bills also allows victims of gun violence to sue the firearms manufacturer for negligence, said Sen. Jamaal Bailey.

When an assault weapon is used in a shooting, the number of victims who are killed increases by 63 percent, according to Nadler, who said there have been more than 8,000 incidents of gun violence in the U.S. so far in 2018.

ALBANY — Republican lawmakers need to stop offering «thoughts and prayers» to mass shooting victims and start doing something to curb gun violence, Gov. Cuomo said Monday.

At a news conference with Senate Democrats and families of victims of gun violence June 16, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) said others in the Senate are «for the first time... actually saying we ought to do something» to prevent shooting deaths.

And the victims of gun violence deserve their day in court,» say the authors.

Spradlin, who is the president of the Young Democrats Club on campus, said there were three reasons the students participated in the walkout: first was to honor the lives of the victims; second was to show Congress that students care about the issue of gun violence; and third was to take direct action by registering students to vote and writing to members of Congress to demand change.