Sentences with phrase «tightening gun»

Many congressional Republicans have remained silent on the issue of tightening gun laws, however.

Artist Statement «Even if the life of only one child is saved by tightening gun laws, it will have been more than worth it.»

In the past several years there has been a ton of talk of tightening gun laws and even banning certain guns -LSB-...]

He had cemented an image of himself as the Cuomo who got things done — not just gave memorable speeches — by recording high - profile victories legalizing same - sex marriage, capping property tax increases and tightening gun - control laws.

A Cuomo campaign spokesman said the 60 - year - old governor «has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country,» including legalizing gay marriage, tightening gun restrictions, raising the minimum wage, expanding public education funding and banning fracking.

After the shooting, gun control advocates and some Democratic lawmakers renewed calls for tightening gun laws, particularly for those with mental illnesses.

For his part, Cuomo has pointed to achievements including legalizing gay marriage, tightening gun restrictions, raising the minimum wage, banning fracking and increasing investments in education — all while working to lower taxes and jumpstart the upstate economy.

But the campaign has previously pointed to Cuomo's achievements including legalizing gay marriage, tightening gun restrictions, raising the minimum wage, expanding public education funding and banning fracking.

State Senate Republicans beat back an attempt by Democrats to force a vote on measures tightening gun regulations in New York.

I support tightening gun laws, but you have no clue how much more complex this is.

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.

The bump stock ban is among several proposals Trump has made to tighten gun controls after the Florida shooting, such as improving reporting to the background check system and raising the legal age for purchasing assault - style weapons from 18 to 21.

It tightens gun control in several ways but also allows some teachers to be armed.

ALBANY — The state tightened gun restrictions for domestic violence abusers by passing legislation Friday that increases the list of crimes that would prevent someone from purchasing or owning a gun.

Simon, who seeks to limit the sale of ammo and tighten gun control laws, has been depicted in NRA tweets next to images of bullets.

Though some Stoneman Douglas students have defended him, critics have piled on Peterson since, including the National Rifle Association, which has pointed at his inaction to push back against proposals to tighten gun laws.

It was the worst school shooting since the February assault on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where a young man with an AR - 15 rifle left 17 people dead and prompted a wave of nationwide, student - led protests calling on lawmakers to tighten gun laws.

The law, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, tightens gun control in several ways, and also allows some teachers to be armed.

The justices haven't taken a Second Amendment case in almost a decade, to the benefit of states — like Florida — that want to tighten gun laws.

Comedian Amy Schumer and her cousin U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York say they need support from people around the country in order to pass a bill to tighten gun control laws.

Following several tragedies in recent months, Cuomo put forward a list of proposed laws to tighten gun control.

The controversial tweets come as President Barack Obama introduced an executive order Tuesday to tighten gun laws.

The law, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, tightens gun control in several ways but also allows some teachers to be armed.

[Democratic senator] demanded action from lawmakers and said she will be introducing legislation to tighten gun control: «As I said after last Thursday's shooting, and the shooting two weeks ago Friday, and the shooting last month, Congress must step up to the plate and do something.»

Many of the students who left for Tallahassee went straight from the funerals of Carmen Schentrup, 16, and Gina Montalto, 14, in what is turning out to be an extraordinary mobilization of teenagers to pressure state and federal officials to tighten gun laws in the wake of the Feb. 14 Parkland massacre.

The law, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, tightens gun control in several ways but also allows some teachers to be armed.

Illinois lawmakers have passed or are poised to pass a series of measures, many of which we support, to tighten gun laws.

U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, whose Broward - Palm Beach county district includes Parkland, wondered aloud how history, and the future, might be different if the government had acted to tighten gun laws after other shootings.

Much of the political talk was focused on how to effect change in the decades - long stalemate over proposals to tighten gun laws and in a burning desire to elect candidates who won't kowtow to the gun - rights lobby.

She urged party activists to participate in an effort to focus on lawmakers in November who don't take action to tighten gun laws.

Congress has shown little inclination to defy the powerful NRA and tighten gun laws, and Trump backed away from his initial support for raising the minimum age for buying an assault rifle to 21.

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The group hailed the new mental health support as a legislative «victory» - one of the few they have seen in four years of ceaseless advocacy to tighten America's gun laws.

Congress rejected bills to tighten background checks on gun sales and ban military - style «assault weapons» in April 2013.

We don't want to take away your gun rights, we just want to prevent Americans from owning assault weapons and to tighten the methods at which a person can purchase a firearm.

The gun control debate has intensified in the wake of the Parkland shooting in February, and while some steps have been taken to tighten laws and regulations, not much has changed.

Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods said they would no longer sell guns to anyone under 21 years old, as two of the country's biggest gun sellers tightened their policies in the wake of a high - school shooting that left 17 people dead in Parkland, Fla..

Kroger said it would stop selling guns to buyers under 21 years old through its Fred Meyer locations, the third major retailer to tighten its policies while lawmakers continue to debate how to respond to the latest school shooting in America.

Sustained national media attention on the shooting, emotional confrontations between politicians and survivors and their families, as well as a public - opinion shift in favor of stricter gun laws could spur Congress to do something to tighten access to guns.

Florida's embrace of gun restrictions came as Congress remains mired in partisan divisions on the issue and as other states, from Illinois to Vermont, consider whether they ought to tighten the rules on gun ownership in the wake of the Parkland attack.

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.

It's gotten so bad that the common local response to the worst shooting rampage in Roseburg, Oregon's history (America's latest mass shooting du jour) is to get more guns and not to tighten restrictions on gun sales, to the point that some residents didn't even want President Obama to come to their state.

Speaking at the NRA's annual convention, Trump urged gun - rights advocates to support Republican candidates in the November congressional elections, warning that Democrats would try to tighten firearms laws in the wake of a string of mass shootings.

The state Legislature passed and Cuomo approved this March its first piece of gun control legislation since the SAFE Act was approved, a measure that tightens restrictions on gun ownership for those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.

That legislation includes further restricting access to guns to people convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, closing what supporters call loopholes in the federal law while also tightening other laws for gun ownership.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says Washington needs to help states tighten the rules against domestic abusers owning guns.

The incident re-ignited Cuomo's push for new gun control measures nationally in order to tighten the flow of illegal weapons into New York.

The change comes one day after Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods, both prominent gun sellers, tightened their company policies, and also a day after students returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for the first time since the shooting there.

House Democrats will waste no time in the new Congress pushing legislation to tighten the nation's gun laws.

Proposals include tightening the state's ban on assault weapons, strengthening penalties against illegal guns, and reforming mental health policy.

He says in addition to the tightening of the assault weapons ban, which Democrats sought, Republicans fought for enhanced criminal penalties for the use of illegal guns.