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All of Broward's cities should meet April 1 and pass the assault - weapons ban at the same time, Udine said.

Not exact matches

Liberal states could ban assault weapons and institute checkpoints at their borders to screen for them, if they so chose.

saying «obviously we need to look at how we can tighten up the compliance» with existing laws that ban fully automatic weapons.

But in a sign the pressure is beginning to tell in Washington, Trump announced on Tuesday that he had ordered the Justice Department to propose a rule to ban bump fire stocks, the device that allowed the gunman at the Las Vegas massacre in October to fire on concertgoers more rapidly, mimicking automatic weapons fire.

At the time, the bump stock ban seemed narrow enough that Republicans could explain supporting it: Automatic weapons are mostly banned in the United States, and this device is essentially a loophole to that regulation.

In the wake of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, some have argued for a reinstatement of the nationwide ban on assault weapons, while others have suggested that the solution lies in improving access to mental - health care.

If you know anything about US gun laws, though, this should have at first seemed unlikely — after all, automatic weapons are some of the few guns that are supposed to be banned or, at the very least, strictly regulated in America.

At the town hall, Rubio faced Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was murdered during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last week, and stood by his opposition to the assault weapons ban.

Democrats wasted no time quickly outlining their top three priorities: background checks, the ability to take guns away from those who pose a «clear danger,» and at least a debate on banning assault weapons such as the AR - 15 used at the Florida high school.

In an emotional rally Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, politicians and Marjory Stoneman Douglas students called for a ban on weapons like the one used at the high school, and urged voters to kick out lawmakers who oppose the move or who take money from the National Rifle Association.

Connecticut expanded a ban on assault weapons, prohibited the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines and imposed stricter background checks on gun purchases after 20 children and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012.

House Republicans on Tuesday decisively blocked a move by Democrats to debate a ban on assault weapons in Florida, six days after a massacre that took 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Passing a law to ban the sale of assault weapons like the ones used in Las Vegas, Orlando, Sutherland Springs, Aurora, Sandy Hook and, most recently, to kill 17 innocent people and injure more than a dozen others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Its members had sat impassively at hearings around the state as citizens pleaded with the Constitution Revision Commission for the chance to ban assault weapons.

«Just a few moments ago I signed a memo directing the attorney general to propose regulations that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns,» Trump said at a Medal of Valor event at the White House, addressing Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

But this pastor is like most and will probably never truly be brave and try to protect his flock in gods name by trying to at least minimize the violence against people by advocating the ban of some of these horrible weapons that kill.

Both drivers were arrested, and for using his car as a weapon Swinford got banned from competing at the circuit for life, the circuit owner saying «It's just beyond my comprehension.

Later in the day, at a campaign stop in Albany, Molinaro was asked by reporters about New York's gun control laws banning assault weapons.

And when asked about the Las Vegas shooting at an appearance in Albany on Monday, Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand said Congress should consider banning assault weapons, expanding background checks and cracking down on gun trafficking.

More than 80 percent of Americans at least somewhat favor a ban on «bump stocks» that make rifles fire much like automatic weapons.

Democrats pounced: «Harry Wilson's willingness to revisit New York's ban on investing with Iran — a country on a quest to «wipe Israel off the map,» obtain nuclear weapons, and threaten the United States — is naive, at best, or callous, at worst,» said Jacobs.

Some of the molon labe types are upset at the NRA's moderate stance on the issue, but to the majority of the shooting community, bump stocks are a distraction from the battle to avoid another assault weapons ban or an even larger slate of gun control measures.

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld New York and Connecticut assault - weapon bans passed in the wake of the 2012 mass murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn....

In January, the Board of Legislators passed a law that banned the sale of weapons on county property, but Astorino vetoed that bill and allowed a gun show to take place at the county center.

A Siena Poll in January 2013 found 73 percent of voters surveyed favored a tighter assault weapons ban and capping magazine capacity at seven rounds.

New York and Connecticut banned possession of semi-automatic weapons and large - capacity magazines after 20 first - graders and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012.

The bill does not address a central demand of the Stoneman Douglas students to ban the sale of assault weapons, such as the semiautomatic rifle the alleged shooter Nikolas Cruz used at the high school.

As they said they would following the Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Democrats today unveiled legislation that would ban assault - style weapons.

Legislative leaders in the Democrat - controlled General Assembly have already announced an ambitious gun - control agenda, including expansion of the state's existing assault weapons ban to cover the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle and high - capacity ammunition magazines used by Adam Lanza in killing 20 first - graders and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The announcement, particularly the bit on the NRA, confirms one line of attack on Young will be her vote against an assault weapons ban — added after roll call — in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

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.»

Cruz» interest has grown in recent weeks in part due to the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and Young's later vote on an assault weapons ban in the back half of the 2018 Legislative Session.

He secured one of the toughest gun safety laws in the country, astonishing even his supporters by expanding the state's assault weapons ban in a matter of weeks after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at a school in Newtown, Conn..

One part of the SAFE Act bans the sale of assault weapons like the kind used Sunday by Omar Mateen in Orlando to kill 50 people and wound 53 others at the gay nightclub called Pulse.

Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a press conference at the Capitol about a bill to broaden the state's definition of banned assault weapons, increase penalties for those convicted of gun crimes and create a

Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a press conference at the Capitol about a bill to broaden the state's definition of banned assault weapons, increase penalties for those convicted of gun crimes and create a statewide registry of assault rifles on Monday Jan. 14, 2013 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, holds a press conference at the Capitol about a bill to broaden the state's definition of banned assault weapons, increase penalties for those convicted of gun crimes and create a

In the wake of the mass shooting massacre that left 17 people dead at a Florida high school, Manhattan Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - Manhattan) is discussing legislative proposals that would ban assault weapons and make it harder for troubled people to buy weapons.

Almost a week after 17 students and teachers were gunned down at a Florida high school, the state legislature voted 71 - 36 Tuesday against a measure to consider a ban on semi-automatic weapons.

The Post-ABC poll also finds that 58 percent of adults say stricter gun control laws could have prevented the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but there is no rise in support for banning assault weapons compared with two years ago and the partisan divide on this policy is as stark as ever.

The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban on fetal research, a moratorium on recombinant DNA research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls on science; misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.

THE Pentagon armouries include at least ten different types of laser weapons intended to blind enemy soldiers, according to Human Rights Watch, a New York - based pressure group which wants the US to agree to an international ban on such weapons.

Yet at last year's Geneva talks on a chemical weapons ban, the Soviet Union said it had made no such weapons since 1987.

Angered by the Republican - led Florida House of Representatives» decision Tuesday to refuse to discuss a ban on assault weapons, Nicole Auchinleck, a 17 - year - old at Boca Raton High School, said she coordinated the massive rally using the social media app Snapchat.

[5] The parties propose, and we agree, that the term of probation be six months, that the appellant have no contact with the complainant, that the appellant be subject to a weapons ban, that the appellant reside at a location approved by his probation officer, and that he report to his probation officer as that officer directs.

Today at the Human Rights Council in Geneva two high - ranking UN experts issued a new report that includes a call to ban fully autonomous weapons.

On Monday, April 22, the Steering Committee of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots convened a day - long conference at the Human Rights Action Centre in London for representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss the new initiative to pre-emptively ban fully autonomous weapons.

Its members had sat impassively at hearings around the state as citizens pleaded with the Constitution Revision Commission for the chance to ban assault weapons.

The CCW process should spur governments to acknowledge their practice on fully autonomous weapons and develop policy aimed at regulating or banning the weapons.

Originally published on the Forum on the Arms Trade's Looking Ahead blog, Erin Hunt looks at opportunities and challenges ahead in 2017 for efforts to preemptively ban autonomous weapons systems.