Hundreds fill House Chamber for gun hearing

Ed Cutler is the president of Gun Owners of Vermont. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerMembers of the public filled every seat in the House chamber Tuesday night for a hearing on gun control legislation.
At the Statehouse — one of the few locations in Vermont, along with schools and courts, where carrying a firearm is prohibited — advocates and opponents traded testimony on legislation that would require universal background checks on gun sales and give law enforcement greater authorit