Sentences with phrase «weapons ban passed»

These magazines were included in the assault weapons ban passed in 1994, but the measure (formally known as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act) expired in 2004 and has not been reauthorized by Congress.

«If we're going to get an assault weapons ban passed in the United States House, I think we need to make sure that that bill focuses specifically on the high - capacity elements of that law,» he said.

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....

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Thirteen - year - old Vermont gubernatorial candidate Ethan Sonneborn, a Democrat, wants the state to pass a gun control bill, and he wants to be sure an «assault weapons» ban is added to it.

The Broward County School Board has formally entered the gun debate, passing a resolution Tuesday that calls for tougher federal background checks and a ban on semiautomatic weapons.

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.

In response to the Parkland shooting, Florida passed a law that incorporates some of those measures — such as expanding mental health services and regulations — but it doesn't ban assault - style weapons like the AR - 15 used in the shooting.

Not since the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and the assault weapons ban in the early 1990s, which was allowed to lapse, have significant reforms been passed.

Legislators in Connecticut have passed what some are saying are the nation's toughest new gun laws — banning high - capacity magazines, creating a weapon offender registry, requiring universal background checks for firearm purchases and adding more types of guns under an existing assault weapons ban.

Legislators in Connecticut have passed what some are saying are the nation's toughest new gun laws — banning high - capacity magazines, creating a weapon offender registry, requiring universal background checks for firearm purchases...

«Across the nation, several states including New York overcame the outsized voices of the guardians of the status quo and passed common sense gun safety reform that bans lethal assault weapons and helps keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill,» Cuomo said in the statement.

Schneiderman passed the assault weapons ban and helped evict drug dealers who are holding our neighborhoods hostage.

New York passed the NY SAFE Act, which banned assault weapons such as the AR - 15, in 2013 after the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut.

The event comes on the heels of a sweeping gun control law that passed last month in Albany that updates the state's assault weapons ban and limits the number of rounds in a high - capacity magazine.

Cuomo touted the state's progressive accomplishments under his tenure, including raising the minimum wage to $ 15, passing a paid family - leave law, banning fracking, outlawing assault weapons, and ensuring marriage equality.

Schumer acknowledged that not all members of the Democratic caucus will support an assault weapons ban but maintained that «the vast majority will» — and anticipated it can be passed soon if President Donald Trump can get some Republicans to vote for it.

He acted, passing the strongest gun law in the nation, banning the sale of assault weapons in New York state.»

«We passed the Brady Bill and the assault weapon ban... and the blood was on the floor,» Clinton said.

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.

Sen. Jeff Klein, the IDC's leader, emerged from that meeting pledging to help Cuomo pass «the strongest assault weapons ban in the country.»

After all, under its Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York has responded to December's Newtown tragedy by passing legislation banning assault weapons and making it harder for seriously mentally ill individuals to legally obtain firearms.

Colorado: Boulder City Council passes semi-auto ban The ordinance prohibits the sale and possession of assault weapons, as defined by the city.

The Boulder City Council passed a sweeping gun control ordinance Tuesday night banning «assault weapons» and bump stocks, even as a pro-Second Amendment nonprofit threatened to...

To that end, one of the first things the legislature did in its 2013 session was to pass a tougher assault weapons ban that included restrictions on ammunition and the sale of guns, as well as provisions to keep guns from the mentally ill who make threats.

The ban on assault weapons and large ammunition clips passed by state lawmakers and signed into law earlier this week has the support of 73 percent of New York voters, according to the latest poll by the Siena Research Institute.

Artist Statement «The 1994 ban on assault weapons was passed 216 - 214 with the last two votes swayed by former President Ronald Reagan.

On 2 June 2016, Iceland's parliament (Althingi) passed a resolution expressing support for a ban on production and use of autonomous weapon systems.

Board members passed a 24 - point resolution Tuesday, calling for Congress to ban assault weapons, require universal background checks and broaden the perimeters of school gun - free zones.

What's new: The Broward County school board passed a 24 - point resolution Tuesday, calling for Congress to ban assault weapons, require universal background checks and broaden the perimeters of school gun - free zones.

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.

There is also an online petition to demand Congress pass laws to ban assault weapons, prohibit the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines, and close loopholes in background check laws for gun sales.

The Broward County School Board has formally entered the gun debate, passing a resolution Tuesday that calls for tougher federal background checks and a ban on semiautomatic weapons.

Many students were specific about the measures they want to see lawmakers pass: stronger background checks, a ban on military - style weapons and an increase in the minimum age to purchase a firearm.

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

They passed a resolution urging state and federal lawmakers to pass gun control measures, including restricting the sale of ammunition and gun modifiers, to ban assault weapons, to limit the number of firearms a person can own, and institute a universal background check.

Among their demands, participants want Congress to ban assault weapons, require universal background checks before gun sales and pass a gun violence restraining order law that would allow courts to disarm people who display warning signs of violent behavior.

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, a Democratic candidate for governor, was disappointed that the legislature failed to pass an assault - weapons ban and universal background checks.

The ban on bump stocks, which make semi-automatic weapons mimic fully automatic firearms, was included in a law passed this month in response to the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 14 students and three staff members dead and 17 injured.