MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds
of Vermonters on Tuesday night debated proposed legislation that would
expand background checks for gun buyers and impose other new firearms
restrictions.
At a packed
Statehouse, the Senate Judiciary and Health and Welfare Committee heard
testimony from supporters and opponents of the legislation, though
opponents in the hall and nearby rooms where video was piped in easily
outnumbered supporters.
Several
opponents pointed to Vermont's rank in FBI statistics as the safest
state in the country. They argued that Senate Bill 31 isn't needed.
"If I'm being assaulted on a city street, I'd rather have a .38 on me than a copy of S. 31," said Erika Eldred.
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