In Maine, state lawmakers considered several measures this year that would have strengthened the state’s gun laws, though unsuccessfully.
At least 18 people were killed and 13 were injured in , on Wednesday, and law enforcement is continuing to search for the suspected gunman.
The shooting has led to renewed calls from President Biden for Congress to pass legislation banning semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, and enact universal background checks, though such measures are unlikely to be considered by the GOP-led House.
Still, the divided Congress to act and on Thursday, he declared “this is the very least we owe every American who now bears the scars — physical and mental — of this latest attack.”
In Maine, state lawmakers considered several measures this year that would have strengthened the state’s gun laws, though unsuccessfully.
The Maine House approved in June a measure that would have tightened background checks for private gun sales, but the proposal failed in the state Senate.
