Republican US Senate candidate Michael J. Sullivan, who previously held the nation’s top post regulating firearms, said at a live debate Friday night that he would vote against the current measure being negotiated on Capitol Hill that would expand background checks for gun sales.
Sullivan was the only one of the Republican candidates at the WFXT-TV (Channel 25) forum to voice opposition to the measure. His rivals in the April 30 primary, state Representative Daniel B. Winslow and Cohasset businessman Gabriel E. Gomez, said they would support the checks. (Read more)