Sentences with phrase «terrorism watch list»

Proposals to stop people on terrorism watch lists from buying guns are opposed not only by the National Rifle Association, but also by the American Civil Liberties Union.

With the mass shooting in California last week focusing attention on terrorism and guns, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut announced that he intended to sign an executive order barring people on federal terrorism watch lists from buying firearms in the state.

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's announcement that he intends to sign an executive order barring those on the federal terrorism watch list from buying a gun is the kind of initiative guaranteed to create a buzz and prompt others to follow suit.

That prompted Democrats to clamor for legislation to expand background checks and prevent people on U.S. terrorism watch lists from buying guns.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D - New York) has openly supported Democratic bills including one that expands the background check requirement to gun shows and online purchases and another that would stop anyone who's been on the federal terrorism watch list in the past five years from purchasing a gun.

There is a no - fly list which restricts access to planes and a broader terrorism watch list that is basically, we're investigating this person — let us know if he or she does anything suspicious.

Hours after he left the Senate Thursday morning, Murphy made numerous national television appearances to discuss the two areas where Democrats forced a vote: banning people on government terrorism watch lists from buying guns and expanding background checks.

Between 2004 and 2014, FBI data show that people on terrorism watch lists tried to purchase firearms and explosives 2,233 times.

In December, Cuomo called for the closing of the «terror gap» — a bill in Congress that would block those on the federal terrorism watch list from purchasing firearms.

Sen. Chuck Schumer and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, at a news conference in lower Manhattan on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, call on the federal government to allow states to bar people on terrorism watch lists from buying guns.

Democrats have said the sit - in will continue until a vote is called on legislation that proposes greater background checks and a ban on sales to anyone on a terrorism watch list.

Murphy's call for the two votes came as presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he would meet with the National Rifle Association to discuss ways to block people on terrorism watch lists or no - fly lists from buying guns.

The filibuster comes on the heels of the Orlando shooting rampage and much public outcry about the gunman's ability to purchase ammunition even though he had been interviewed by the FBI and placed on a terrorism watch list.

The terrorism watch list does not restrict people from flying, only the no - fly list does.

Shortly after, Senate Democrats introduced a measure that would have restricted anyone on the federal terrorism watch list, also known as the no - fly list, from being able to purchase firearms in the U.S..

The law prevents the city from transferring an immigrant prisoner to ICE custody unless the feds have a warrant, or the suspect is on a terrorism watch list or has committed a violent crime, such as rape or murder.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer wants federal officials to move faster to require mass transit employees nationwide be screened through federal terrorism watch lists.

The bill that could come up on Capitol Hill would let the government block guns sales to people on terrorism watch lists or to those it suspects of possible terror activities.

Under the new legislation, which Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he supports, the city will honor immigration waivers if the federal government requests them with a judge's warrant — and even then, only if the subject of the warrant was convicted within the last five years of a violent or serious crime, or is a possible match on the terrorism watch list.

With mass shootings dominating the news at regular intervals, Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have pursued legislation to expand background checks, prevent those on the terrorism watch list from buying guns, and impose stiff penalties for gun straw purchasing and trafficking.