Sentences with phrase «weapons ban sought»

But when it came to the assault weapons ban sought by Parkland's survivors - turned - activists, that was a fight with the NRA that Scott wasn't willing to risk.

Not exact matches

In the state legislature, The Columbus Dispatch reports that Democrats have introduced a bill that would ban assault weapons in the state and seek to remove any existing guns that fall under that category.

They will also seek a ban on «bump stocks,» which are used to make semiautomatic weapons mimic automatic weapons in rate of fire; more money to harden school campuses; and funding for mental - health initiatives and to provide trained school security officers.

But it left out many of the biggest provisions the students and their supporters had sought, including bans on assault weapons and high - capacity magazines.

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.

Yet the gun industry easily found ways around the law and most of these weapons are now sold in post-ban models virtually identical to the guns Congress sought to ban in 1994

He says in addition to the tightening of the assault weapons ban, which Democrats sought, Republicans fought for enhanced criminal penalties for the use of illegal guns.

Brazil, Iraq, and Uganda called for a ban on fully autonomous weapons this year — all in November — bringing the total number of countries seeking a prohibition to 22.

The student are seeking more restriction on gun sales, including a ban on semi-automatic weapons like the AR - 15 rifle used in the Parkland shooting.