Sentences with phrase «violence gun ban»

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Protesters are demanding protection from gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons such as the rifle used in Parkland, a prohibition on high - capacity magazines that let killers shoot long bursts without reloading, and more effective background checks for gun purchases.

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.

Oregon Live reports that the state has banned gun ownership by anyone convicted of domestic violence since 2015, but the law did not apply to abusers who were not married to, had no children with, or did not live with their victims.

Congress banned the guns for a decade in 1994, but they let that expire in 2004 as partisanship on guns hardened and in response to inconclusive evidence about whether it reduced mass violence.

Now, as awareness around mass shootings and gun violence rises again, Feinstein has brought up another ban on the bump stocks themselves.

The occasional spurts of mass violence don't make me consider gun bans, but the astounding number of adults who believe in fairy tales is possibly reason enough.

Boys and girls, the 1994 assault weapon ban did NOTHING to stem gun violence.

And banning guns will do NOTHING to stem the flow of such violence...

Assault weapons were banned in 1994, it did NOTHING to curb gun violence, so it was allowed to expire in 2004.

Many people are intentionly ran over, and gun bans have only increased gun violence in Washington, so thinking it would reduce it anyplace else isn't realilistic.

This graphic from the Violence Policy Center shows the modifications made to popular guns to make them compliant with the assault weapons ban.

As teachers returned today to a high school where a shooter killed 17 people, Florida's governor, Republican Rick Scott, proposed banning the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 as part of a three - point plan to prevent gun violence.

The measures include proposals that would ban so - called undetectable firearms that can not be seen by an x-ray or metal detector, strengthen background checks and allow the victims of gun violence to sue manufacturers.

please don't get me wrong there is a real violence problem and we have to fight this but don't confuse this with what there trying to do by banning our guns.

From banning the sale of possession of bump stocks to allowing courts to prohibit domestic violence abusers or people deemed extreme risks from purchasing guns, Democrat Sean Ryan said the legislation the Assembly passed this week is commonsense, plain and simple.

He helped lead the successful effort to ban the environmentally destructive practice of drilling for gas known as «fracking,» and is a leader in the fight against gun violence.

Rachel supports banning the future sales of assault rifles, enacting universal background checks and providing funding to research gun violence.

Problem is there was a so - called assault weapons ban that was enacted some years ago during the Clinton administration, and what the Justice Department found when they did a study of this after about 10 years of experience they found it had no appreciable effect upon the incidence of gun violence in our country.

President Obama penned on OpEd on gun violence and proposed some reforms, but did not include the high - capacity magazine ban being pushed by Rep. Caroline McCarthy.

In Albany, lawmakers have been debating a variety of measures that seek to reduce gun violence or bolster school security, ranging from bans on bump stocks supported by Democrats and some Republicans to GOP - led efforts to expand school resource officers at schools in New York.

But Paul McQuillen with New Yorkers Against Gun Violence said the 2013 law is not as effective as it could be because it's easy to buy some of the banned guns and ammunition from other states, like Pennsylvania, Ohio and many Southern states.

Reporting by a various agencies on Thursday, indicates Biden is looking at a mixture of «universal» background checks, additional research on the causes of gun violence and a similar ban on high capacity magazines as proposed for New York.

Federal law bans gun ownership by those convicted in domestic violence cases, but the law varies by state and how it is enforced, as well as how it is reported to authorities, state officials said.

But Paul McQuillen, with New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, says the 2013 law is not as effective as it could be, because it's easy to buy some of the banned guns and ammunition from other states, like Pennsylvania, Ohio and many southern states.

Both were asked about their latest thoughts about the gun violence debate, including whether new legislation banning more powerful firearms is in order.

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.

Congress still has not lifted the federal ban on gun violence research.

Another section of the resolution links New York's strict gun laws to the state's low rates of gun crime, while criticizing some state senators who have voted against «common sense» gun laws like a ban on bump stocks, improved background checks and state funding for research on gun violence.

But Bratton argued Thursday that gun violence has been on the decline in the Big Apple for decades thanks to stricter gun control and also praised a 1994 federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.

Dicker has made clear his view that banning assault weapons will do little to reduce gun violence in New York, which is most often carried out with illegal handguns.

While the US Supreme Court debates a gun ban for domestic violence convictions, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing to close a domestic violence gun loophole.

She also spoke of her other efforts in Congress, such as working to ban assault weapons and forming a bipartisan committee to research the causes and effects of gun violence.

Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, said Cuomo clearly understood gun violence is a complex issue requiring broader solutions than simply banning a particular weapon.

Cuomo has said the new law «will limit gun violence through common sense, reasonable reforms that include addressing the risks posed by mentally ill people who have access to guns and banning high capacity magazines and lethal assault weapons.»

Bans on gun possession by those convicted of domestic violence also have resulted in a reduction in deaths among women by their partners.

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.

Democrats failed in their attempt to lift a de facto ban on research into gun violence by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

-- Ban individuals convicted of any violent crime from gun purchase Americans with convictions for domestic violence are already banned for life from buying guns (although again, Kelley fell through the cracks).

The White House claims today that people misread that message:» [S] ome members of Congress have claimed this prohibition also bans the CDC from conducting any research on the causes of gun violence,» says a White House briefing document.

Ludwig is a co-author of a letter signed by more than 100 academics that calls for an end to the ban on gun violence research.

The report comes 5 months after President Barack Obama announced an end to the ban on public health research on gun violence by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that had been in place since 1996.

Hours before San Bernardino shooting, doctors urged Congress to lift funding ban on gun violence research

According to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, three other states allow schools themselves to ban such permit holders from bringing guns onto campuses.

Hartzler is an opponent of gun control, who wrote after the Sandy Hook shooting that «banning guns isn't the answer to preventing violence any more than banning cars would be the answer» to deaths from car accidents.

Many of the preferred measures stayed about the same, but bans on assault weapons and large - capacity magazines or restrictions on ammunition purchases were determined to have more of an effect on mass shootings than everyday gun violence.

Talks are amidst, with reports suggesting that senators are considering banning bump stocks (the device allowing Paddock to convert his semiautomatic rifles into an automatic fire) and halting the bill which will make it easier for Americans to buy gun silencers; but even though more than one person a day dies due to gun violence in the US [i], Trump quietly revoked Obama's bill and blocked the Social Security Administration from reporting mentally impaired recipients to a national background - check database.

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.

They then called for legislative action against gun violence, with specific appeals for change, including the banning of assault - style guns, high - capacity magazines and gun accessories such as bump stocks.

The students want comprehensive background checks, an ATF searchable database, funds for research on gun violence, a ban on high - capacity magazines and an assault weapons ban..

The mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas, then the eighth school shooting of the year, moved the young survivors - turned - activists to push lawmakers to address gun violence in American schools with comprehensive gun control legislation, including bans on assault weapons and high - capacity magazines.