Susan Collins stands firm on assault weapons stance after Maine mass shooting

Republican Senator Susan Collins said at a news conference in Lewiston on Thursday 26 October, that “it is more important that we ban very high-capacity magazines” rather than assault-style weapons after mass shootings killed 18 people and wounded 13 more in Maine.

“I think that would have more input and more effectiveness,” Collins said.

“What makes this crime so heinous, is in a typical year Maine might have 22 murders, and last night we almost approached the number for the entire year.”

At the same news conference, democratic representative Jared Golden called for a ban on assault weapons.