Sentence examples for endorsed gun from inspiring English sources

He also endorsed gun rights.

Despite being heavily associated with firearms in his Westerns and cop movies, Eastwood has publicly endorsed gun control since at least 1973.

We're pretty deep in a ditch in terms of what has been conceded by people who you might otherwise expect to have endorsed gun-safety measures — judicially, legislative, politically, culturally.

A Republican state lawmaker in New Hampshire endorsed guns on college campuses on Monday, saying in an email to fellow legislators that "gun-free zones become killing zones".

Indeed, the mothers' march itself was largely an expression of frustration over the N.R.A.'s ability to block gun control in Congress and the state legislatures even in the face of surveys showing that many more Americans endorse gun control than oppose it -- as well as the depressingly frequent outbreaks of gunfire in schools.

Despite all the evidence, when given the opportunity to endorse gun violence prevention measures that would make women safer, the NRA consistently does the opposite, fighting to defeat legislation, for example, that would require people served with a restraining order whether temporary or permanent to surrender their firearms.

In pulling off her shocking primary victory over Mike Castle in the Republican Senate primary in Delaware this week, Tea Party heroine Christine O'Donnell, also endorsed by Gun Owners of America, was sharply critical of Castle's moderate positions on guns.

She's endorsed the gun control measures sought in vain by Obama after the Sandy Hook massacre, including universal background checks.

"In many instances, these organizations lent their name in support of specific campaigns to pass anti-gun legislation … All have officially endorsed anti-gun positions".

But in 1991, former president Ronald Reagan wrote an op-ed endorsing federal gun control legislation; in 2016, Obama's proposed to do less on gun control than even Reagan wanted is seen by Reagan-worshipping Republicans as unconscionable tyranny.

With President Obama endorsing sweeping gun restrictions in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, prices for handgun magazines are surging on eBay and semi-automatic rifles are sold out at many Wal-Mart Stores locations.