Sentences with phrase «types of gun violence»

But Democratic Senate Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said more can be done to help prevent mass shootings and other types of gun violence.

They put a spotlight not just on mass shootings, but also more common types of gun violence that are less likely to make national front pages.

«This study of a single mass shooting and a single type of gun violence amounts to little more than a statistical anecdote,» wrote Gary Kleck, a criminologist at Florida State University in Tallahassee, to Science.

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«We believe that it is the job of companies that manufacture and sell guns and ammunition to work towards common sense solutions that prevent the type of violence that happened in Florida last month,» REI said in a statement.

Sen. Bill Galvano, a Republican and the incoming Florida senate president, said the state Senate was preparing a package that would include raising the age to purchase any firearm to 21, creating a waiting period for purchasing any type of firearm, banning bump stocks that can enable semi-automatic guns to spray bullets quickly and creating gun - violence restraining orders.

NYC 25 yr gun - related violence decline, continuing this year, clearly shows that fewer guns have resulted in dramatically less gun related violence of all types, much as the 10 yr ban on assault weapons lowered crime involving that weapon,» Bratton wrote.

They were asked what types of guns they owned; reasons for ownership (protection, recreation, as collector's items); their attitudes on gun policies, such as bans, arming teachers and violence against the government; and the sources of violence, ranging from God's absence in public schools to media violence to insufficient mental health screening and background checks.

Sen. Bill Galvano, a Republican and the incoming Florida Senate president, said the state Senate was preparing a package that would include raising the age to purchase any firearm to 21, creating a waiting period for purchasing any type of firearm, banning bump stocks that can allow semi-automatic guns to spray bullets quickly and creating gun - violence restraining orders.

Sen. Bill Galvano, a Republican and the incoming state Senate president, said the Senate was preparing a package that would include raising the age to purchase any firearm to 21, creating a waiting period for purchasing any type of firearm, banning bump stocks that can allow semi-automatic guns to spray bullets quickly and creating gun - violence restraining orders.