Sentences with phrase «when gun control measures»
Similar patterns occur with gun sales, which frequently rise when gun control measures are proposed.
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Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!
Gun sales normally spike when Democrats are in power, as gun owners» fears of gun - control measures rise.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo embraced another gun control proposal on Sunday, backing a measure that extends background checks from three to 10 days when buying a firearm.
Republican lawmakers, too, do not want to appear too close with Cuomo on policy issues, especially when it comes to hot - button measures such as gun control.
Cuomo noted that Zeldin opposed the SAFE Act when he was a member of the Senate Republican conference, and has voted against gun control measures since arriving in Congress.
After the governor was widely criticized for using a message of necessity to push through rapid passage of gun control measures back in January, Cuomo avoided the messages until the final day of session, when he says he needed to make technical corrections to bills allowing for gambling expansion and creation of tax free zones at college campuses.
Even when he took risks, as with the same - sex - marriage - bill fight and in steering through tougher gun - control measures in the wake of the Newtown, Conn..
The Siena College poll comes after last month's mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and at a time when Gov. Cuomo and Assembly and Senate Democrats have pushed a variety of new gun control measures.
But Cuomo, when he wants to, has been able to convince Republicans to vote through bills that they might traditionally oppose including marriage equality, gun control measures, and a major hike in the minimum wage.
Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!