«Large majority of Americans — including gun owners — support
stronger gun policies.»
Not exact matches
It's going to pass some
policies, we need
stronger gun laws early voting, campaign finance reform,» Mayer said.
East Hampton Village Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr., who has spoken forcefully about the nation's
gun policies in the aftermath of mass shootings, has conveyed his
strong support for legislation co-sponsored by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. that would make so - called «bump stocks» illegal in New York State.
Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of
strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign
Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people
Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense
gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms
Dr O'Brien said: «Coming from countries with
strong gun control
policies, and a 30-fold lower rate of
gun - related homicides, we found the arguments for opposing
gun control counterintuitive and somewhat illogical.
A large majority of Americans — including
gun owners — continue to support
stronger policies to prevent
gun violence than are present in current federal and most state law, according to a new national public opinion survey conducted by researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for
Gun Policy and Research at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
«Collecting more and
stronger evidence about the true effects of laws is a necessary and promising step toward building greater consensus around effective
gun policy.»
The experimental study required participants to respond to persuasive political
policy statements such as «You should support
stronger gun control laws,» «You should support deportation of illegal immigrants,» or «You should support same - sex marriage,» delivered with different pitched voices.