Sentences with phrase «state gun control laws»

The database is a key element of the state gun control law adopted in January, a month after the Newtown, Conn., shooting.

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A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

Though several states tightened their gun laws in response, years of impassioned public campaigning by Sandy Hook victims» families have not brought any expansion of federal gun control laws.

And some states have backed away from loosening gun control laws.

But he did find one telling correlation: States with tighter gun control laws have fewer gun - related deaths.

Others, including some gun control and mental health advocates, point to the increasing number of states that allow law enforcement officers or, in some cases, family members or others to petition a court to temporarily take guns from people who pose a danger to themselves or others.

A Broward County judge on Friday issued the state's first order temporarily removing guns from a person under Florida's new gun - control laws.

In the days following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, students who witnessed the deaths of their peers traveled to the Florida State Capitol to demand stricter gun control laws.

The students plan to hold a rally Wednesday in hopes that it will put pressure on the state's Republican - controlled Legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun - control laws, something some GOP lawmakers said Monday they would consider.

The basic problem: If a city or state passes strict gun control measures, people can simply cross a border to buy guns in a jurisdiction with laxer laws.

In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.

Students at thousands of schools across the United States walked out of class Wednesday morning to pressure Congress and state lawmakers to pass gun control laws.

Historically, mass shootings don't usually lead to stricter regulation on gun control laws — they actually loosen them in states with Republican legislatures.

Indeed, it's sometimes used when the states want to grant more rights than a proposed federal law (e.g. gun control legislation,) but also for federal regulations on everything from schools to roads to environment regulations to commerce regulations, etc..

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.

If the Assembly passes the bill today — and it appears that it will at this point — New York would be the first state to enact a new gun control law in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting that killed 20 children.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 7026 into law, the first gun control legislation enacted in the state after the Parkland school massacre on Feb. 14.

Democrats in the state Legislature are calling for a new package of gun - control laws in the wake of the school shootings earlier this month in Florida.

The Democrat - controlled state Assembly passed five gun control bills yesterday with little debate, including one that would allow judges to remove weapons from mentally - ill people following a request from a relative or law enforcement.

ALBANY - Top New York Democrats praised the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal Monday to hear a case challenging the state's assault - weapons ban, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling it a «victory for common sense gun control laws.»

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.

He released a television ad, paid for by the New York State Democratic Committee, touting his 2013 gun control law.

The court's denial means a mid-level appeals court's March ruling will stand, upholding the ban on certain semiautomatic firearms included in the SAFE Act, the 2013 gun - control law that riled Second Amendment activists across the state.

Like Cuomo, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman used the petition denial to call on Congress and states to pass tougher gun - control laws.

The governor said yesterday that the gun control law, which updates the state's assault weapons ban and limits the number of bullets in a high - capacity magazine to seven, isn't intended to hurt sportsmen or hunters or infringe on Second Amendment rights.

The bill would prohibit states from creating or enforcing gun control laws that are stricter than federal laws.

The event comes on the heels of a sweeping gun control law that passed last month in Albany that updates the state's assault weapons ban and limits the number of rounds in a high - capacity magazine.

Cuomo also has proposed additions to the state's gun control laws, including extending laws that confiscate the firearms of people who commit domestic violence to include misdemeanor offenses.

Also at noon, Sen. Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon will join gun control advocates to announce the formation of a coalition supporting enactment this session of a gun violence prevention law that would create Extreme Risk Protection Orders, outside Senate chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

In recent months, Cuomo has decried illegal firearms coming into New York from states with looser gun control laws.

The agreement came after Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who replaced Dean Skelos as the top GOP conference member in May, pledged to enact changes to the gun control law after some upstate Republicans were disappointed that yet another Long Islander would lead the last vestige of Republican power in the state.

There was also the Printz v. United States case that struck down another gun control law on tenth amendment grounds.

We came together, both Democrats and Republicans, to enact strict gun control measures because we fundamentally believed that we could both protect our communities while safeguarding the constitutional rights of law - abiding gun owners in our state.

«The reality is we do have very strict gun control laws, but all around us we're surrounding by states that don't,» she told reporters in Syracuse on Wednesday at a promotions ceremony for law enforcement.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Wednesday said the state's gun control laws do little prevent illegal weapons flowing into New York.

Interestingly enough, because in the US you have the right to appeal to a higher court if you don't like the decision of a lower court, many times states will find very popular gun control bills struck down by a Federal court who tells them that in the pure legal sense, their gun control laws are unconstitutional.

The Speaker of the State Assembly says a portion of New York's gun control laws, set to take effect April 15th, may be post poned while talks continue on how to amend the provision.

Also not resolved - amending the state's recently passed gun control laws rescind a ban on the sale of 10 bullet magazines.

«Toughening the gun control laws in New York state might make it more difficult for people to use or keep those guns in New York; but it wouldn't keep guns out of the hands of New Yorkers,» Ewing says.

Cuomo began the session in January with a hefty agenda, including an ambitious plan to make New York's gun control laws the toughest in the nation; and be the first state to react to the Newtown, Connecticut shootings in December.

ALBANY — The state's leading gun rights organization has halted its lawsuit looking to strike down Gov. Cuomo's 2013 gun control law because of the recent death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

The New York state legislature is passing the toughest in the nation gun control laws laid out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The GOP candidate would try to repeal strict new gun control laws championed by Cuomo that in part require gun owners to register their firearms with the state.

When New York state passed «the toughest gun control laws in the nation» on Jan. 15, concern arose in a small upstate New York town built around a gun manufacturing company.

Republican lawmakers in the Assembly and Senate on Wednesday unveiled a push to change the state's sweeping gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

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.

These things happened because of our state's gun control laws, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called the strictest in the country.

ALBANY - Democrats in the state Legislature are calling for a new package of gun - control laws in the wake of the school shootings earlier this month in Florida.

Any of the measures face a steep climb in the Republican - controlled state Senate, where GOP lawmakers have sought to roll back the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Based on the number of questions that come up about gun control (c.f. Has gun violence decreased in states with open carry laws?