Sentences with phrase «say stricter laws»

Fully 86 percent of Democrats say stricter laws could have prevented the killings, compared with 29 percent of Republicans.

Not exact matches

Today, about 80 % of Democrats say that laws covering sale of guns should be stricter, according to CBS News polling.

But that wasn't all that depressed Clinton's vote: Hansen said a far lower number of provisional ballots than typical for a presidential election played a role, as did a recent strict voter - ID law that was in effect for its first presidential election in the state.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that he agreed «in spirit» with a strict new European Union law on data privacy but stopped short of committing to it as the standard for the social network across the world.

CONAKRY, April 24 - Bollore Group's concession to build a container port in Guinea's capital Conakry was in strict compliance with the law, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, reacting to news of a probe by French authorities into the group's Africa operations.

Opponents of legal weed in Oregon say they would take their fight to the Oregon legislature, pushing for stricter laws designed to limit access to pot by children, among other efforts.

Although in recent decades western governments introduced strict anti-bribery laws, PSC employees say illicit payments are endemic in both countries.

Harris said China could get stricter on laws other than tariffs as part of a larger crackdown on U.S. companies.

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.

SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that he agreed «in spirit» with a strict new European Union law on data privacy but stopped short of committing to it as the standard for the social network across the world.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.

Some 58 % of those polled said stricter gun control laws would have prevented the Florida shooting.

We're pleased to say that the strict interpretation of the effective date for this change in the law, which we initially thought was most likely, will not apply.

Last summer, the Obama administration said it would not challenge laws legalizing marijuana in Colorado and Washington as long as those states maintain strict rules involving the sale and distribution of the drug.

Treasury officials now «are searching for ways to get around a strict interpretation of the TARP law,» said Tony Wilkinson, chief executive of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, which has been in contact with the administration.

According to several polls after the Parkland shooting, roughly two in three Americans now say gun laws should be made stricter.

Similarly, the Post / ABC poll shows that 29 percent of Republicans think stricter gun laws could have prevented the tragedy in Parkland, while 59 percent say armed teachers could have.

Independents are squarely in between, with 57 percent saying stricter gun laws could have prevented the attack.

About 8 in 10 Republicans say they prefer metal detectors (41 percent) and armed teachers (38 percent) to stricter gun laws (9 percent) when it comes to preventing gun violence in schools.

Ms Dhaliwal also said there needed to be «very strict safeguards» to make sure people weren't pressured into dying early, although she admitted no law is completely watertight.

At the same time, one - third of evangelicals (35 %) said stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy, compared to 30 percent of all Americans.

From the pulpit, Hall delivered the liturgy with a strong message to his faithful to call for action by their legislators to institute stricter laws banning access to semi-automatic rifles, such as the one police said the gunman used in Friday's massacre.

Support for strict Islamic law was lower in Lebanon, Turkey and Tunisia, but big pluralities in the latter two said they wanted the values and principles of Islam to be reflected in their laws to some degree.

«The International Association of Genocide Scholars, over 200 members of Congress, and over 70 human rights experts and organizations, spanning the nation's religious and political spectrum, have raised their voices that the treatment of these communities by ISIS meets even the strictest definition of genocide under international law, and must be treated as such,» said Kirsten Evans, executive director of In Defense of Christians (IDC).

A February poll by Quinnipiac University found 66 percent supported stricter gun laws across all demographics, with 97 percent of respondents saying universal background checks should be mandatory.

He said that when it came to marketing their products, Nestlé pledges to do so responsably, and was today the only company in the industry that goes beyond local laws and sets a strict standard for the marketing of our infant formula products.

Commenting on the findings of this report, IAS Chief Executive Katherine Brown said: «The desire to support pubs has often been used as a reason to resist policies to reduce alcohol - related harm, including minimum unit pricing, increasing alcohol taxes and stricter drink - drive laws.

Cuomo, noting that the state teachers union didn't endorse him in either of his two races for governor, said overhauling the education system would be as important to his legacy for him as winning approval of gay marriage and enacting strict gun - control laws.

«I remain confident that everything was done in strict and total compliance with the law, and will continue to work to the best of my ability to properly represent the citizens I serve,» he said.

Trump told governors gathered in D.C. that he would take action to ban the sale of bump stocks without Congress, and said it's «OK» to push back against the NRA «every once as a while,» as the powerful gun lobbying group fights calls to enact stricter gun control laws after the shooting.

Cuomo — who noted that the state teachers union didn't endorse him in either of his two races for governor — said overhauling the education system would be as important to his legacy for him as winning approval of gay marriage and enacting strict gun - control laws.

«They're harboring criminals, even though it is civil,» said Barrett Psareas, a proponent of strict immigration laws who is vice president of the Nassau County Civic Association in Cedarhurst.

Horner, with NYPIRG, says the testimony illustrates the need to clean up New York's campaign finance laws by setting stricter caps on contributions and eliminating a loophole that allows donors to use LLCs or limited liability companies, to skirt existing donor limits.

Once a law is passed, it is largely outside of the legislature's hands - they don't have any strict control or compliance mechanisms unless the law says it does.

Miccio said he and Bernardino and Myles conceded after seeing a number of signatures they had collected thrown out for not meeting the strict guidelines of election law, such as writing a full name in a signature.

Cuomo, they say, was a progressive presiding over a broke and broken state for his first term, and still managed to legalize same - sex marriage, pass some of the strictest gun laws in the nation and embark on an infrastructure rebuilding project unseen since the days of Robert Moses.

More than one in five Americans (23 %) say gun legislation should remain as it is, and only 5 % think the laws covering gun sales should be less strict.

In the wake of increased gun violence in New York and two mass shootings in the nation in the last few weeks, a State Senator is proposing stricter gun laws that he says could give New York the toughest gun laws in the country.

Governor Cuomo, who championed strict new gun control laws in New York after the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, shootings killed 20 children, says national gun policy is «insanity» and «disgusting.»

Kolb said he voted against the strict gun control measures approved by Cuomo and the Legislature after the Sandy Hook, Connecticut, shootings in 2012, saying they unfairly harm law - abiding gun owners.

He recycled several attacks on Mr. Astorino, the Westchester County executive: the governor said Mr. Astorino is the type of «ultra-conservative» «Washington» Republican that wants to repeal the state's strict gun control laws, over-turn abortion protections and somehow undo the law allowing same - sex marriage in the state.

But the two have taken opposite positions on the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act, with Serino calling for its repeal, and Gipson saying the law provides stricter penalties on drug dealers and persons committing acts of domestic violence.

«I don't know how any individual can want to repeal a law that helps create stronger background checks that keeps our children safe and puts stricter penalties on drug dealers,» said Gipson.

Critics of the legislation, which is among the most strict in the nation, say the law unfairly targets law - abiding gun owners.

The FBI is «stretched very thin» and lawmakers in Washington «prostitute themselves» to the NRA to block stricter gun control laws, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said during a TV appearance this morning.

In a Facebook post sympathising with the victims and their families Nana Addo said there must be strict enforcement of such laws to prevent future occurrences.

«We should have very very swift and strict enforcement of existing law,» Flanagan said.

The law gives elected officials stricter guidelines about what they can and can't do, and if they choose to ignore those rules, this allows the county and law enforcement harsher penalties to enforce,» said Legislator Lorigo.

They say it circumvents Connecticut's stricter campaign finance law that was passed following a corruption scandal 10 years ago.

Foley said he disagrees with the stricter regulation of guns and ammunition contained in the law, in a GOP debate earlier this month.