In the aftermath of the a chain of horrific shootings — including the Uvalde school massacre — a bipartisan group of senators has been meeting to see if they can find common ground on at least a lowest common denominator form of gun safety legislation. Maine’s Susan Collins (R) is at the center of the effort and, before the recess, I spoke to her about what she’d support (and what she thinks the group might support) for the Portland Press Herald. Read the details herein (and also hear what Sen. Angus King (I-ME) thinks.)
Where Sen. Susan Collins stands on gun control negotiations
Published: 06-6-22
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He is the author of six books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. He is a contributing editor at POLITICO and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.