The latest mass shooting in the United States, which killed 18 people in Maine, prompted U.S. Representative Jared Golden, whose constituents died in the massacre, to reverse his opposition to a ban on assault-style weapons.
But his change of heart does not change the equation in Washington, where President Joe Biden’s push to reinstate a ban of such guns has been a non-starter for Republicans who control the House of Representatives and back gun rights.
Golden, a conservative Democrat who represents a district that supported then-President Donald Trump in the…
