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A new generation of senators is working on gun violence prevention legislation in the aftermath of mass shootings. The effort by Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Angus King of Maine comes as Congress shows no signs of reinstating the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein's landmark 1994 assault weapons ban. Heinrich, an engineer by training, is interested in regulating “assault-style” guns to be made with fixed-capacity magazines — 10 rounds per rifle — targeting the part of the weapons that allow mass shooters to fire many rounds at once. They have no Republican...

Katelynn Richardson Daily Caller News Foundation Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine and Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico are taking a new approach to gun regulation with a recently introduced bill. The senators positioned their Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act, which was introduced in late November and would “regulate the sale, transfer,…

Sen. Angus King of Maine and Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico are taking a new approach to gun regulation with a recently introduced bill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the first votes new Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich cast was against legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting. In the decade since, as mass shootings have touched almost every corner of the United States, the New Mexico […]