Sentences with phrase «to buy a firearm»

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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.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced he intends to issue an executive order prohibiting anyone on the federal government's terror watch lists from buying a firearm in the state — assuming state officials are allowed access to those lists.

Contacted for comment, Warren County Democratic Chairwoman Lynne Boucher said Schneiderman has been aggressive prosecuting «white collar crime,» and he negotiated standard background check procedures for buying firearms at gun shows.

The US Air Force has started a review after failing to provide information to authorities that would have stopped him from legally buying firearms.

Dick's additionally increased the minimum age for people buying firearms at its stores to 21.

The legislation, signed into law in the 1990s by Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, in part mandates federal background checks on those who buy firearms.

The move comes amid declining sales linked, at least partly, to reduced fears among gun owners that the U.S. government will impose more regulations on buying firearms.

People who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federal law.

«I just can't imagine that Nikolas Cruz can commit such a heinous crime and then potentially we tell a 20 - year - old woman living alone that she can not buy a firearm to defend herself,» said Rep. Jay Fant, R - Jacksonville, a candidate for attorney general.

But Indiana, across the border, doesn't require any of this for purchases between two private individuals (including those at gun shows and those who meet through the internet), allowing even someone with a criminal record to buy a firearm without passing a background check or submitting paperwork recording the sale.

America's attention to gun control often focuses on a few specific measures: universal background checks, restrictions on people with mental illnesses buying firearms, and an assault weapons ban, for example.

The suspected shooter bought the firearm in the past year and had passed the background check to make the purchase, according to a US official briefed on the investigation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo embraced another gun control proposal on Sunday, backing a measure that extends background checks from three to 10 days when buying a firearm.

New York has the third - lowest per - capita rate for murders with a gun in the U.S. and has blocked 77,000 mentally ill people from buying firearms since the landmark SAFE Act was passed in 2013, Cuomo said.

And if you think you can just ignore this stuff and merrily shotgun a few zombies a day, just wait until you stumble onto the mandatory waiting period after buying a firearm.

«I believe as a police officer, as a father and as a firearms instructor, you shouldn't be able to buy a firearm until you're 21,» he said.

Many of Mast's supporters were stunned by his call for banning assault weapons, including the AR - 15, used in the Stoneman Douglas massacre and many other mass shootings; background checks for anyone buying a firearm; a higher minimum age for buying various categories of guns; and banning of accessories like bump stocks that make firearms perform like automatic weapons.

Senator Charles Schumer is pushing legislation to ban known or suspected terrorists from legally buying firearms and explosives.

The second - term Democrat said he expects to issue an executive order prohibiting anyone on the federal government's terror watch lists from buying a firearm in the state.

The shooting has re-ignited a nationwide debate over gun control and a push for stronger background checks of those who buy firearms.

What's new: Florida House representatives approved a bill that would raise the age for buying firearms to 21; require a three - day waiting period for purchases; and allow some school staff members to be armed on a volunteer basis.

More than 18 months after the Columbine High School massacre, Colorado voters strongly approved a ballot measure last week to make it harder for criminals to buy firearms at gun shows.

Americans for Responsible Solutions advocates for barring people with domestic abuse convictions from buying firearms, for hardening penalties for illegal gun trafficking, federally funding gun violence research and for expanding and improving the national background check system, in order to cover weapons bought on the internet or at gun shows.

Dick's Sporting Goods (dks) is getting credit from many quarters for announcing on Wednesday that it will no longer sell assault - style rifles like the AR - 15, and is raising the minimum age to buy firearms to 21.

Buying a firearm from its current owner is even easier.

The announcement followed Dick's Sporting Goods announcement it wouldn't sell assault - style rifles in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. and WalMart's decision to raise the age to buy firearms to 21.

Later on Wednesday, Walmart announced it would also raise the minimum age to buy firearms to 21 years old.

A majority of Republicans back universal background checks, a ban on assault - style weapons, a federal database to track gun sales, prohibitions on people with mental illness, and barring people on no - fly or watch lists from buying firearms.

«Some of those customers that buy firearms, buy other things also,» Dick's Chief Executive Edward Stack told analysts on a conference call.

This year, gun owners have declared that they will rush to the stores to buy firearms in case Obama is reelected as President of the U.S. Already, RGR and competitor, Smith & Wesson (SWHC), have enjoyed impressive sales figures.

More and more Turks are buying firearms, even though more and more Turks are getting killed by them.

David S. Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor, said that an involuntary commitment would have been a huge red flag had Cruz attempted to buy a firearm legally.

That is the same mental health provider that decided Cruz was not a danger to himself or others in September 2016, despite evidence he'd been cutting himself and demanding from his mother that he get an ID so he could buy a firearm.

Scott and legislators raised the minimum age to buy rifles to 21, banned the sale of bump stocks and extended the waiting period to buy firearms to three days.

Kudos to the New York Daily News for calling out the National Rifle Association for making sure over 2,000 suspects on the terrorist watch list could legally buy firearms.

Rep. John Katko, a longtime gun rights supporter, said he will consider supporting changes in federal gun laws that would raise the minimum age to buy a firearm and require universal background checks for all gun sales.

Cuomo threw his support behind an Assembly proposal that would extend the waiting time to buy firearms in New York to up to 10 days.

And Florida Gov. Rick Scott is currently pushing for a «red flag» law — which allow family members and cops to seek a court order preventing a dangerous person from possessing or buying firearms — in his deeply conservative state.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Sunday threw his support behind an Assembly proposal that would extend the waiting time to buy firearms in New York.

The Assembly measures would keep firearms out of the hands of people deemed by courts to be a danger to themselves or others, set a 10 - day waiting period for delivery of a gun to a person who hasn't cleared a background check instead of the current three - day period, and prevent people convicted of domestic violence from buying a firearm.

Dubbed the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act,» or SB 7026, the sweeping proposal provides for stricter gun control laws, including a three - day waiting period to buy any firearm, and a new age limit — 21 (up from 18)-- for firearms purchases, along with an all - out ban on bump stocks.

It includes things like a ban on bump stocks and raising the minimum age to 21 for a person to buy any firearm.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed a package of bills that raise the age to buy firearms, ban high - capacity magazines and make it easier to take guns from people who pose a threat.

De Blasio penned a letter to congressional GOP leaders, asking House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to back a bill that would prohibit people on terror watch lists, which bar them from boarding airplanes, from buying firearms.

US Sen. Chuck Schumer is pushing legislation to ban known or suspected terrorists from legally buying firearms and explosives.

SUPPORT common sense gun laws including universal background checks, banning bump stocks and fully - automatic assault weapons, and raising the age to buy a firearm to 21.

In Tallahassee, state House representatives on Wednesday debated a bill that would raise the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21, require a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases and ban the sale or possession of bump - fire stocks.