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“I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war. The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure,” Golden said at a news conference on Thursday. “For the good of the community, I will work with any colleague to get this done.”Golden: I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war like the assault rifle he used to carry out this crime. The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure.
Golden was one of just five House Democrats to vote against the ban. His comments Thursday, in which he asked for “forgiveness and support” from his constituents, reflect a remarkable shift at a horrifying time.“I now call on the United States Congress to ban assault rifles like the one used by the sick perpetrator of this mass killing,” he said.
Sen. Susan Collins speaks with members of the media in the aftermath of Wednesday's mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine.The Democrat was joined at the Thursday news conference by Sen. Susan Collins . The Republican, also a centrist in her party, said she would not back a ban on assault weapons, noting that while Maine had one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the nation, it also has “a very low rate of violence.
“What makes this crime so heinous is that in a typical year Maine might have 22 murders, and last night we almost approached the number for the entire year,” Collins told reporters.on a bipartisan gun safety bill last year in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.Realness delivered to your inbox
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