Sentence examples for to push for gun from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, Keene says that all of these gains are fragile, because President Obama — who in his first term has not only failed to push for gun control but has signed legislation extending gun rights — has been hiding his true convictions.

Miss Sloane A timely drama here from John Madden, finally freed from the Marigold Hotel cinematic universe, who directs Jessica Chastain as an ambitious lobbyist putting her own life at risk to push for gun control.

Antonius Wiriadjaja, 29, a victim of a drive-by shooting in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 5, is documenting his painful recovery in a blog, How I Survived a Gunshot Wound to the Gut, in an effort to push for gun control.

On top of that, you've got the Obama Administration involved in a gun-trafficking sting, evidence to some people that the President has a secret plan to push for gun control, even though Democrats have in fact almost completely dropped the issue in recent years.

Religious leaders across the country this week vowed to mobilize their congregants to push for gun control legislation and provide the ground support for politicians willing to take on the gun lobby, saying the time has come for action beyond praying and comforting the families of those killed.

Virginia's governor, Terry McAuliffe, said he would continue to push for gun control during his time in office, even though he has been stymied by the state legislature in his previous efforts to expand background checks and enact tougher restrictions on firearm purchases.

Both politicians have tried to push for gun-reform in the state and plan to attend the school's march.

Barack Obama has channelled a disgust with his own country's unique propensity for firearm violence in a direct call to the American people to finally push for gun control laws, following a mass shooting at a school in Oregon.

In the wake of the deadly shooting in Aurora, Colo., gun control advocates have planned a 2 p.m. press conference at the National Press Club to push for tightening gun control regulations.

Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois, a Democrat, pledged to push for stricter gun laws.

President Obama has been uncharacteristically passionate and unusually resolute in his determination to push for stronger gun controls early in the upcoming session of the new Congress.