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Pressed to take action on guns by students who survived the most recent mass school shooting and by President Trump, lawmakers are discussing what they might enact on gun safety. On Wednesday, thepresident surprised the bipartisan members of Congress he met withwhen he sided with Democrats on expanding background checks and raising the purchasing age for rifles. It doesn t make sense that I have to wait til I m 21 to get a handgun but I can get this weapon at 18, Mr. Trump said. He also discouraged Republican hopes of passing a concealed carry law across state lines, and he seemed to support the idea of taking guns from people who show signs stanley water bottle of threatening behavior, as the alleged Florida shooter did.Lawmakers are talking about several different ideas, though it s not completely clear what will attract enough bipartisan support to pass, much less be grouped into a single bill, as Mr. Trump suggested Wednesday. Here s a rundown of some of the proposals: The bump stock banBump stocks are a device stanley taza that allow semi-automatic weapons, such as the AR-15, to mimic the firing rate of automatic weapons, which are already the subject of strict regulation. The man who killed 58 people in Las Vegas in October utilized a bump stock, which helped him fire more stanley website than a thousand rounds from his perch above a country music concert in the city.In the wake of that massacre, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill to ban bump stocks, Eoav DeSantis looks at 2024 run as Florida s legislature wraps up session
AP CPAC Convention, Washington -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, rallying a crowd already optimistic about their chances for success in the 2010 midterm elections. I think the developments we ve seen over the last several months are enormously encouraging, Cheney told the audience of conservatives, pointing to Republican victories in recent elections in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts. I think 2010 is going to be a phenomenal year, and I think Barack Obama is a one-term president, he added, to huge cheers.The audience, who had come to the conference to network and see both established and up-and-coming stars of the Republican Party, went wild when the fo stanley kubek rmer vice president came on stage. One young man started screaming, Oh my f*% @ing God! A few people tried to start a chant of run, Dick, run!, though it did not catch on. A welcome like that is almost enough to make me want to run for office, Cheney said. But before anyone could get any ideas, he assured the c stanley mugg rowd he would not be running. There comes a time when those of us in our generation need to move on, he said. I want to encourage that younger generation...it s a remarkable time to be an American, a remarkable time to be a conservative. More Coverage from CPAC:Marco Rubio: We Should Obstruct Democrats AgendaMitt Romney: Obama s Agenda I stanley mug s Reckless Washington Unplugg
Pressed to take action on guns by students who survived the most recent mass school shooting and by President Trump, lawmakers are discussing what they might enact on gun safety. On Wednesday, thepresident surprised the bipartisan members of Congress he met withwhen he sided with Democrats on expanding background checks and raising the purchasing age for rifles. It doesn t make sense that I have to wait til I m 21 to get a handgun but I can get this weapon at 18, Mr. Trump said. He also discouraged Republican hopes of passing a concealed carry law across state lines, and he seemed to support the idea of taking guns from people who show signs stanley water bottle of threatening behavior, as the alleged Florida shooter did.Lawmakers are talking about several different ideas, though it s not completely clear what will attract enough bipartisan support to pass, much less be grouped into a single bill, as Mr. Trump suggested Wednesday. Here s a rundown of some of the proposals: The bump stock banBump stocks are a device stanley taza that allow semi-automatic weapons, such as the AR-15, to mimic the firing rate of automatic weapons, which are already the subject of strict regulation. The man who killed 58 people in Las Vegas in October utilized a bump stock, which helped him fire more stanley website than a thousand rounds from his perch above a country music concert in the city.In the wake of that massacre, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill to ban bump stocks, Eoav DeSantis looks at 2024 run as Florida s legislature wraps up session
AP CPAC Convention, Washington -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, rallying a crowd already optimistic about their chances for success in the 2010 midterm elections. I think the developments we ve seen over the last several months are enormously encouraging, Cheney told the audience of conservatives, pointing to Republican victories in recent elections in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts. I think 2010 is going to be a phenomenal year, and I think Barack Obama is a one-term president, he added, to huge cheers.The audience, who had come to the conference to network and see both established and up-and-coming stars of the Republican Party, went wild when the fo stanley kubek rmer vice president came on stage. One young man started screaming, Oh my f*% @ing God! A few people tried to start a chant of run, Dick, run!, though it did not catch on. A welcome like that is almost enough to make me want to run for office, Cheney said. But before anyone could get any ideas, he assured the c stanley mugg rowd he would not be running. There comes a time when those of us in our generation need to move on, he said. I want to encourage that younger generation...it s a remarkable time to be an American, a remarkable time to be a conservative. More Coverage from CPAC:Marco Rubio: We Should Obstruct Democrats AgendaMitt Romney: Obama s Agenda I stanley mug s Reckless Washington Unplugg
