Statehouse explainer: Getting a grip on gun legislation

Sen. Dick Sears listens to testimony on new gun control legislation at a public hearing Tuesday. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
Vermont’s legislators didn’t manage to get new gun legislation to Gov. Phil Scott before breaking for recess on March 2, but five are moving — with more potentially on the way. There has been a concerted push in Montpelier to pass legislation after a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, that was quickly followed by the arrest of of a young man in Ver