Sentences with phrase «sense gun safety»
Writing on Twitter, Sanders said «Congress might want to consider common - sense gun safety legislation and save innocent lives.»
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«I am desperate to go wherever I can to have this conversation to bring about rational, sane, common - sense gun safety measures,» Guttenberg said.
As legislators, we owe it to the children of Florida to enact common sense gun safety legislation to protect our kids and communities.
Following meetings and demonstrations by students at the Capitol last week, more students will head to Tallahassee to demand the passage of common - sense gun safety legislation.
And until we can honestly say that we're doing enough to keep them safe from harm, including long overdue, common - sense gun safety laws that most Americans want, then we have to change.»
Large majorities of us favor common - sense gun safety legislation, yet Washington has ignored even the most reasonable regulations because of the outsized influence of the NRA.
After accepting $ 5,000 in donations from the National Rifle Association between 2006 and 2012, Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins announced on Facebook that he now plans to donate that money to local and national organizations dedicated to fighting for what he called «common sense gun safety policies.»
«Calls to arm our teachers are merely a distraction from urgently needed, common sense gun safety measures, increased funding for mental health services, and funding for hardening technology for our schools,» Kaminsky said.
Murphy held a round - table talk earlier this week on gun legislation and has repeatedly called for enacting what he calls common sense gun safety measures.
The FFDC Executive Board has passed a resolution proclaiming that we stand in solidarity with the call by students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for a School Walkout on March 14, 2018, to promote the enactment of common sense gun safety...
Despite failing to ignite action from the Senate, Congressman Brian Higgins says the Democratic sit - in at the House chambers «effective in galvanizing public opinion» on what he calls «common sense gun safety measures.»
«States like New York with strong gun laws are proof that deaths can be prevented with common - sense gun safety measures,» said Peter Ambler, the group's executive director.
«Across the nation, several states including New York overcame the outsized voices of the guardians of the status quo and passed common sense gun safety reform that bans lethal assault weapons and helps keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill,» Cuomo said in the statement.
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Representatives of two gun control advocacy groups, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the groups.
Anne Musial is a 39 - year - old gun owner in Austin and a board member with Texas Gun Sense, a gun - safety group.
The rate of gun violence is also increasing and this has led to the development of organizations such as Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America whose main goal is to advocate for public safety.
Given everything that's happened of late, the Senate rejecting gun safety legislation appears to make so sense whatsoever — unless, of course, we consider the continuing and maddening congressional deadlock, the sinful lobbying powers of the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the deeply - felt belief among many in the American public that more guns — not fewer guns — will keep us all safe.
(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.
«Rather than wait for the federal government to come to its senses and pass responsible gun safety legislation, New York is joining with New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island to take matters into our own hands.
At 9 a.m., gun control advocates from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America's city chapter deliver postcards to a district office of Rep. Michael Grimm, as part of a campaign organized by the group and the organization Everytown for Gun Safety; 7308 13th Ave., Brooklyn.
The local students were part of the National School Walkout, joining their peers from thousands of school districts across the country to demand common sense gun laws and better school safety.
His essay on gun control garnered a lot of attention, much of it loud and rage - filled, but he stood by his position on the need for common sense in the discussion surrounding freedoms and safety.
They are founders of the Parents Promise to Kids campaign, which is urging parents and grandparents to sign contracts promising they will only vote for politicians who support children's safety and «common - sense gun laws.»