Sentences with phrase «with illegal guns»

We have many more crimes that are committed by people with illegal guns, and so our answer is always to go back to the legal gun owners.»
Democrats point to the gun lobby's donations to the GOP as a big reason the Senate has continued to refuse to pass the microstamping bill — even as crimes committed by perpetrators armed with illegal guns are plaguing law enforcement efforts in the city.
In 1993, cops caught 1,232 people on the subways with illegal guns.
«If he does nothing during his 2nd term, something like 48,000 Americans will be killed with illegal guns,» Bloomberg told Meet the Press.
In 2007, Police Officer Russel Timoshenko was shot and killed by a career criminal armed with an illegal gun brought in from out of state.

Not exact matches

Patrolmen were armed with whips, and in some cases guns, and were given the discretion to beat and even kill black people — even compliant ones (it was not illegal at the time to kill a black person since they were deemed non-human).
The Trump administration made its first move Saturday to ban the deadly bump stock with a proposed regulation would reclassify the controversial device as a «machine gun,» making it illegal to own, sell or manufacture bump stocks.
Robert Csak was arrested Saturday night after officers found the guns, including one with an illegal bump stock, and high - capacity magazines, officials said.
«Eric Schneiderman has worked to reform our criminal justice system with «smart on crime» policies, like changing the Rockefeller Drug Laws and taking effective steps to stem the flow of illegal guns,» Koch said.
Americans for Responsible Solutions advocates for barring people with domestic abuse convictions from buying firearms, for hardening penalties for illegal gun trafficking, federally funding gun violence research and for expanding and improving the national background check system, in order to cover weapons bought on the internet or at gun shows.
In recent months, Cuomo has decried illegal firearms coming into New York from states with looser gun control laws.
He therefore asked, «how else can [the military] react, when [the illegal miners] have come out with their guns to attack you?»
Along with king - pins David Soares also plans to go after illegal guns.
«The choice for Republicans is clear: they can keep Richard Hanna, who votes to raise taxes, to extend U.S. debt to economically dangerous levels by voting with Obama, Reid and Pelosi to raise the debt ceiling while bankrupting our nation, or they can choose a commonsense Republican like me who has a proven record of voting to reduce taxes, voting against the implementation of Obamacare in New York, votes against funding an illegal database (including ammunition database) against legal gun owners, voting against increasing our debt ceiling in New York and supports countless initiatives to reduce the burdens of government red tape on individuals and small businesses, including family farms,» Tenney said.
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.
Nevertheless, Bloomberg has pressed ahead with a coalition against illegal guns that he launched several years ago, started an immigration reform coalition of mayors and business leaders, including Rupert Murdoch, and brought on three deputy mayors with either national political or government experience — Howard Wolfson, Robert Steel and former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith.
Trump spoke about building a wall with Mexico, stopping drugs from coming over the border, illegal immigration, competing with China, the Iran deal, veterans, Obamacare, gun rights, ending Common Core, jobs and more.
Crime statistics for the City of Rochester in 2016 were unveiled Tuesday and with that came optimism from Mayor Lovely Warren, who said shootings were down overall, thanks in part to a sharp focus on illegal guns.
No, it's all to do with 3D printing - you know those stories about that extremely hi - tech, scientific, borderline illegal process when some clever people in the US make guns using a printer.
«It will generate a demand, it will generate illegal traffic around that demand — the problem with hand guns is that they are small and concealable and they are already the weapon of choice of gangs members and criminals.»
The legislation is not a full repeal of the law, which also dealt with the use of illegal guns as well as strengthening penalties for those who kill first responders.
Crime statistics for the city of Rochester in 2016 were unveiled Tuesday and with that came optimism from Mayor Lovely Warren, who said shootings were down overall, thanks in part to a sharp focus on illegal guns.
Aside from the concerns I have with the SAFE Act, there are provisions I support, including addressing mental health issues and tougher penalties for illegal use of a gun.
He called for stiffer penalties and sentences for illegal weapon sale, possession and use; a statewide registry of violent felons; increased penalties for anyone caught with a gun on the ground of a school or on a school bus; and a push to end gang violence.
«Our communities must join forces with the New York Police Department to crack down on gun possession, get illegal weapons off the streets and spread the message that this kind of criminal activity has no place in our city,» Stringer said.
That is why Senator Gillibrand's leadership on this issue is so important and I applaud her work to stop the flow of illegal guns and punish those who attempt to flood our streets with dangerous firearms.»
I expressed surprise that Golden would break with Mayor Bloomberg, who was in Albany to lobby for this bill today and even launched an ad campaign through his Mayors Against Illegal Guns group.
In 2010, then - candidate Cuomo pushed for stemming the tide of illegal guns falling into the hands of criminals, as well as interstate cooperation with governors on illegal guns.
«I passed what is probably the toughest gun law in the nation,» said Cuomo, who said illegal guns continue to come to New York thorough other states with looser laws.
«It amazes me, the insanity of the United States Congress, that they just don't get it,» Bratton said at a press conference with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance to announce a major takedown of suspected illegal gun dealers.
Cuomo also wanted to establish a partnership among other governors in other states that would share information on illegal gun trafficking and develop a «working group» of law enforcement officials to establish best practices and share resources with federal authorities.
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.
After meeting with a gun victim's parents in Brooklyn last week Gillibrand said she would work for after - school programs as an alternative to gangs and to write «the first anti-trafficking bill» to halt the flow of illegal guns into New York.
The mayor, along with Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein, held a press conference in Morris Park this morning to announced the introduction of a state law that would make it illegal to carry guns while drunk.
While much of the discussion about gun reform revolves around high caliber fire arms, the Brooklyn students and their families deal with issues around smaller illegal hand guns and gang violence in their communities.
In statements after the Newtown shooting on Friday, IDC Leader Senator Jeff Klein said we must «continue to reevaluate the place of guns in our state and our society» Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, who will jointly lead the new Senate governing coalition with Senator Klein, says he's interested in pursuing measures to «curb illegal gun use by increasing penalties and enacting mandatory minimum sentences».
EBay has already banned the sale of bullets, guns and pornography on its site and plans to crack down on endangered animal sales with the help of software filters that flag words such as «ivory» and prevent sellers from posting listings of illegal items, Cartwright said.
According to an analysis of Elsevier's Scopus database by the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the proportion of all publications dealing with U.S. firearms and their impacts declined by 60 percent between 1996 and 2010.
The experimental study required participants to respond to persuasive political policy statements such as «You should support stronger gun control laws,» «You should support deportation of illegal immigrants,» or «You should support same - sex marriage,» delivered with different pitched voices.
With guns drawn, police break into an apartment and discover dead bodies and illegal drugs.
I should point out: It's also illegal to shoot an animal with a BB - gun!).
Opening: «Eduardo Sarabia: Ballads» at Other Criteria Combining decorative art objects with motifs referencing the Mexican and Mexican - American drug scene — ranging from guns, skulls, and nude pin - up models to marijuana leaves and animals symbolizing specific illegal drugs — Eduardo Sarabia makes art from Narco culture.
However, the «smoking gun» which Greenpeace claims links companies to illegal deforestation amounts to no more than an allegation that trade that has been «contaminated» with some beef from farms that had extended into rainforest.
I've had the pleasure of working with Mayor Palmer, Mayor Nickels, Mayor Diaz — and many others in this room — through our coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which now includes more than 240 mayors from all around the country — Republicans, Democrats, and independents.
«Our theory is that transforming vacant lots from a space overgrown with vegetation and filled with trash to a clean and green space may make it difficult for people to hide illegal guns and conduct other illegal activities such as drug use in or near the space.
It ignores the data that the vast majority of gun violence is perpetrated by individuals with criminal records, in many cases gang ties, and who are in illegal possession of the gun used in the crime.
They may have to claim that your recording was interfering with something they or other emergency responders were doing, that you disobeyed a direct order to stop, that they interpreted your recording as being aggressive against them in some way, that they thought your recording device might be a gun, or that you were watching something illegal, etc.; especially the latter few would give them grounds to shoot you dead.
It might behoove the Minister to recall that, under his watch, mandatory minimum sentences are already being imposed for «illegal drugs and guns» along with new sentencing provisions for involvement in criminal organizations.
One problem with laws as written is that while it is illegal to modify a semi-automatic weapon to be full automatic, it is not illegal to add attachments that will effectively change the firing nature of the gun.
With UberRUSH, which I forgot still existed, people can request deliveries for items no more than 30 pounds in size, except animals, alcohol, illegal items, stolen goods and dangerous items like guns and explosives.
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