Post by Logan on Jun 19, 2016 5:18:17 GMT -6
At the end of a week that began with the nation’s worst mass shooting and included a U.S. Senate filibuster that forced upcoming votes on gun control measures, Maine Sen. Susan Collins is floating a compromise that she says is gathering support.
Collins, considered the Senate’s leading moderate Republican, will propose banning sales of guns to people on the government’s “no fly” list as well as a “selectee” list of those who are subject to additional screening at airports before they can board planes, Collins said Friday. Federal officials said Omar Mateen, the man accused of killing 49 people at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub early Sunday, was listed on the “selectee” list for 10 months,
Collins said her bill includes a “look-back” provision: if someone who has been on either list in the past five years tries to buy a gun, the FBI would be notified, she said, and that could prompt officials to reopen investigations and possibly place those people back on one of the lists.
Observers expect two measures coming up for Senate votes on Monday – one to bar gun purchases from those on a large government database of possible terrorists and another that would give federal officials an opportunity to convince a court to bar a gun sale – will fail, as they did in December after a mass killing in San Bernardino, California.
Read more: www.centralmaine.com/2016/06/17/collins-spearheading-compromise-gun-control-measure/
Collins, considered the Senate’s leading moderate Republican, will propose banning sales of guns to people on the government’s “no fly” list as well as a “selectee” list of those who are subject to additional screening at airports before they can board planes, Collins said Friday. Federal officials said Omar Mateen, the man accused of killing 49 people at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub early Sunday, was listed on the “selectee” list for 10 months,
Collins said her bill includes a “look-back” provision: if someone who has been on either list in the past five years tries to buy a gun, the FBI would be notified, she said, and that could prompt officials to reopen investigations and possibly place those people back on one of the lists.
Observers expect two measures coming up for Senate votes on Monday – one to bar gun purchases from those on a large government database of possible terrorists and another that would give federal officials an opportunity to convince a court to bar a gun sale – will fail, as they did in December after a mass killing in San Bernardino, California.
Read more: www.centralmaine.com/2016/06/17/collins-spearheading-compromise-gun-control-measure/