Sentences with phrase «weapons ban with»

We need to digitize gun - sales records, mandate universal background checks, close gun - show loopholes and straw - man purchases, ban high - capacity magazines, and push for a comprehensive assault weapons ban with an extensive buyback system.

Not exact matches

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

China has banned exports of items to North Korea with potential dual use in weapons of mass destruction, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday.

But they're small steps compared with the 1994 assault - weapons ban that lapsed in 2004.

Here, for example, are the results of surveys by the Pew Research Center, which found strong support for measures ranging from an assault weapons ban to universal background checks to restrictions on people with mental illness buying guns.

Since his push to enact a ban on assault weapons and wider background checks for gun owners collapsed on Capitol Hill in 2013, gun control has slipped down the list of White House priorities, below a legacy - building Iran deal, an opening with Cuba and reform of the immigration system.

The company is also pressing the government to enact gun - reform measures, including a ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks; raising the minimum age to 21 for gun purchasing; universal background checks that include scrutiny of mental - health information and previous run - ins with the law; and an end to the background - check loophole for gun show and private sales.

A majority of Republicans back universal background checks, a ban on assault - style weapons, a federal database to track gun sales, prohibitions on people with mental illness, and barring people on no - fly or watch lists from buying firearms.

In one moment, he maintained his composure while explaining his refusal to back an assault weapons ban while face - to - face with the grieving father of a teenager killed in last week's shooting.

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

The term is ambiguous and would have needed to be defined in any such legislation; a federal ban that was in place from 1994 to 2004 applied to semiautomatic weapons with two or more of a list of specific features (for example, a telescoping stock and a pistol grip).

America's attention to gun control often focuses on a few specific measures: universal background checks, restrictions on people with mental illnesses buying firearms, and an assault weapons ban, for example.

Like a ban on assault weapons, this is a proposal with widespread public support.

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.

The madcap meeting with Trump on guns, which was meant to add clarity and more urgency to the debate, instead saw the president undermining the importance of «due process,» calling for «comprehensive» gun control, and even humoring the idea of an assault weapons ban — all somewhat unexpected positions for a GOP president to hold.

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.

This discussion should be about expanding that ban to include other «assault» type weapons and weapons of war and has nothing to do with every fundiots fear of having their rifle taken away.

the last subway incident was a hate crime, guns are here and they are not going anywhere, I support stricter gun control laws, ban all assault weapons, and sever punishment for the crimes committed with firearms, no insanity plea accepted, just hang them

Now I will agree with the stand point of banning fully automatic weapons, there is no sense in owning or using a fully automatic weapon.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

Meanwhile, there is a total ban on all persons in the Bimbilla Township and surroundings from carrying arms, ammunition, or any offensive weapons and any person found with any arms or ammunition will be arrested and prosecuted,» the statement added.

This graphic from the Violence Policy Center shows the modifications made to popular guns to make them compliant with the assault weapons ban.

In an interview with Rachel Maddow, Cuomo urged the national Democratic Party to go all in on real gun control solutions — universal background checks, banning assault weapons and extended magazines, etc. — that can actually have a real impact.

With emotions running high what would be more convenient than supporting an initiative to ban worse, yet non-existent weapons?

No winning side likes that (Blinding weapons are banned for the same reason, VERY easy to build today (Think parts from Ebay), but no winning side benefits from letting anyone get away with it).

While 22 states and the District of Columbia ban rifle sales to minors, New York — outside New York City — is among those that let kids 16 and older with a hunting permit possess the weapons, according to information compiled by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

ALBANY - Top New York Democrats praised the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal Monday to hear a case challenging the state's assault - weapons ban, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling it a «victory for common sense gun control laws.»

Gun Control: Gun control legislation should ultimately fall on individual states, with the exception of instant background checks to prevent firearms from finding their way into the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, and a federal ban on assault weapons.

Aborn, the former Brady Campaign president, is credited with spearheading the effort to include the original ban on large - capacity magazines in the assault weapons ban.

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 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.

The SAFE Act made more rifles subject to a state ban on assault weapons, increased sentences for illegal gun possession and required mental health officials to report safety concerns about any patients with access to guns.

It ends with a call for state and federal lawmakers to reject campaign contributions from gun rights groups like the NRA, enact stricter licensing and registration requirements for guns, a ban on «all classes of weapons that do not serve the specific uses of personal protection and sport shooting» and other gun control measures.

Gun control has become a contentious issue in New York following the passage of the SAFE Act, a gun control measure that bans the sale of some semi-automatic weapons and requires those who already own such firearms to register with authorities.

Soto highlighted his efforts to help with hurricane relief in both Florida and Puerto Rico, and a whole host of progressive policies from supporting labor unions to supporting the gay community, from advocating to reinstate the assault weapons ban to sponsorship of a sexual harassment bill, and from opposing the Republican tax reform bill, to opposing President Donald Trump «s wall.

I support a global ban on such weapons as part of our commitment to nuclear disarmament, as was successful with other weapons of mass destruction such as chemical and biological weapons.

With 2016 on the horizon, it's tantalizing to see this as the kick - off that campaign, especially as Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a potential Democratic primary rival, makes a similar play for banning assault weapons in his state.

He shared with them his internal polling data, which showed popular support for a tighter ban on assault weapons, even among gun owners.

But which laws remains an open question: A ban on assault weapons still splits the country evenly, with no change from 2016.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.), Hillary Clinton's running mate in the 2016 presidential election, joined with a number of his Democratic colleagues Tuesday to introduced legislation to ban the sale and transfer of «military - style assault weapons.»

Imitation weapons colored other than black, blue, silver or aluminum and marked with an orange stripe on the front and sides of the barrel are exempted from the ban.

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.

Suggestions for gun reform include reinstatement of the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, the banning of high - capacity bullet clips, improved background checks for people with histories of mental illness, and initiating a national gun registration / inspection system similar to the motor vehicle registration / inspection system.

Breaking ranks with the Bush administration, Pirro said she favors embryonic stem cell research and argued the federal ban on assault weapons should not have been allowed to expire.

The clash set a partisan tone around the mass shooting involving a former troubled student armed with an AR - 15 rifle, an assault - style weapon that Hager voted to ban along with Democrats in the House.

Rice said she supports banning the sale of military - style assault weapons and high - capacity ammunition and closing «loopholes that allow violent felons, domestic abusers, and people with dangerous mental illnesses to avoid background checks and buy guns.»

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.»

Dicker has made clear his view that banning assault weapons will do little to reduce gun violence in New York, which is most often carried out with illegal handguns.

The party did not mention assault weapons, but the Independent Democratic Conference, caucusing with the Republicans, is planning to propose the toughest assault weapons ban in the nation.

HARTFORD — Flanked by family members of Newtown massacre victims and the legislative leaders who spent months trying to respond to their tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a sweeping gun - control bill Thursday whose big provisions — such as a strengthened assault weapons ban — took effect with the stroke of his pen.