AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says she is supporting a narrow measure to block gun sales to those on the Transportation Security Administration's no-fly list. Collins says that has a tighter set of criteria than watch lists developed by other federal agencies.
"We have to make sure that the no-fly list is accurate, that there is due process so that someone can appeal if they are mistakenly on the list," Collins says. "But that is one link that can, and should, be made."
Some in Congress are pushing to ban gun sales to anyone on any of the terrorist watch lists developed by federal law enforcement agencies.
A bill pushed by some Democrats would not only use the watch lists but would also allow federal officials who reasonably believe that a person might use a gun in an attack to block the sale.
