Sentences with phrase «weapons ban portion»

Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny today upheld the assault weapons ban portion of New York's SAFE Act, but struck down several other provisions — including the seven - round magazine limit, calling it «largely an arbitrary restriction that impermissibly infringes on the rightsguaranteed by the Second Amendment.»

So far, we've learned during this debate that the assault weapons ban portion of the act doesn't take effect for 90 days, in order to give the State Police time to set up the required registry.

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For the most part, they called the legislation a good first step, but they also called for an assault - weapons ban and for the removal of a portion of the bills that would allow some teachers to carry firearms in school.

-- Democrats tried at every stop to add an assault - weapons ban onto the bills and remove a portion of the bill that would allow some teachers to be armed.