Maine Representative u-turns on assault rifles, calling for a ban

U.S. Representative Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine who had opposed legislation to ban assault weapons, urged Congress on Thursday to pass a bill that prohibits assault-style rifles.

Police on Thursday searched the woods, waterways and towns of Maine for a U.S. Army reservist wanted in connection with the mass shootings that killed 18 people and wounded 13 more the previous night at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston.

The town of Lewiston, a former textile hub of 38,000 people, and neighboring communities largely shut down to enable hundreds of officers to expand their manhunt with an arrest warrant for Robert R. Card. Card, 40, is a sergeant at a nearby U.S. Army Reserve base who law enforcement officials said had been temporarily committed to a mental health facility over the summer.

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