Sentences with phrase «weapon ban because»

Petty said he supports Scott's proposal without the assault weapon ban because he wants action now.

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That's because, as is all too typical with US gun laws, the automatic weapons ban has some pretty big loopholes.

Lawmakers like Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, voted against the bill because it did not include a ban on assault weapons or other broad measures sought by survivors of all the shootings.

Lets just say there are 3 million to stay on the low side; what you suggest is to ban a weapon owned by over 3 million law abiding citizens, because it is used by criminals.008 % of the time??? Also, no civilian without a CLASS III federal license owns a real «assault weapon».

Chemical weapons, like certain other kinds of weapons are banned not because of people killed by them, but because of what they do to the survivors.

Shotguns are exempt from this regulation because they are «common sporting weapons», and attempting to ban them would have upset millions more people than regulating semi-automatic rifles.

Most policing agencies, they're more conservative in their approach but they agree that assault rifles, assault weapons should be banned by and large because they're on the streets dealing with this.»

Democrats in both houses expressed concern with the bill because it lacked an assault - weapons ban and armed school personnel, a measure that was especially concerning to black lawmakers who cited studies that show racial discrimination in school discipline.

Steve Goose, director of the Arms Division at Human Rights Watch said «Syria is expanding its relentless use of cluster munitions, a banned weapon, and civilians are paying the price with their lives and limbs», «The initial toll is only the beginning because cluster munitions often leave unexploded bomblets that kill and maim long afterward.»

He has, for instance, repeatedly criticized the assault - weapons ban enacted by Congress in 1994, in part because the ban was easily circumvented.

He negotiated the Limited Test Ban Treaty with the Soviets which he was unable to sign because Francis Gary Powers was shot down and the Soviets grandstanded for several months before getting to the banning of atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons.

Zimbabwe said that it was joining like - minded delegations to support the call to preemptively ban lethal autonomous weapon systems because it saw «merit and wisdom in doing what is right and necessary to safeguard this and future generations» from the weapons.

Human Rights Watch called on governments to pre-emptively ban fully autonomous weapons because of the danger they pose to civilians in armed conflict.

That's in part because statements about an intention not to acquire such weapons are not the same as committing to and actively working toward a legally binding preemptive ban.

Blanchard is concerned that «more death» may result from a ban because autonomous weapons might be «more capable than humans» of complying with the laws of war.