Senate unanimously approves ‘extreme risk’ gun bill

Sen. Dick Sears listens to testimony on new gun control legislation in January. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
Senators gave their unanimous seal of approval on Wednesday to the first of what is expected to be a series of gun control laws after a thwarted school shooting in Fair Haven — following a mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 —“jolted” the state’s policymakers.Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, said he never expected the bill to make it