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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

UNBELIEVABLE: Maine shootings highlight republican senator s voting record on gun control - Caught on Camera

Susan Collins has a “B” rating from the National Rifle Association and has received $18,000 in funding from the group.
Susan Collins has a ‘B’ rating from the National Rifle Association and has received $18,000 in funding from the group. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

The Republican senator Susan Collins is facing sharp criticism for her previous voting record on gun control after a mass shooting in her home state of Maine that killed 18 people and injured more than a dozen.

Collins, a US senator for Maine since 1997, received backlash to a statement she posted after a mass shooting on Wednesday in Lewiston, in the south of Maine. The attack happened when a gunman opened fire at a local bowling alley and restaurant.

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