The Latest: Vermont’s GOP governor signs gun restrictions

MONTPELIER, Vt. – The Latest on Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signing gun restriction legislation (all times local):

2:40 p.m.

Vermont has enacted the first significant gun restrictions in the state’s history.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed a package of bills Wednesday that raise the age to buy firearms, ban high-capacity magazines and make it easier to take guns from people who pose a threat.

Some gun rights advocates are fiercely opposed to some of the provisions in the new law.

The recently passed bills also require background checks for most private gun sales and ban rapid-fire devices known as bump stocks.

Vermont’s push for gun restrictions came after police said a teenager from Poultney was planning to kill as many people possible at Fair Haven Union High School. The teen was arrested and charged.

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12:05 a.m.

Vermont’s Republican governor is set to sign the first significant gun restrictions in the state’s history.

The three recently-passed bills that Gov. Phil Scott plans to sign on Wednesday at the Statehouse in Montpelier would require universal background checks, increase the age to buy firearms from 18 to 21 and ban high-capacity magazines and rapid-fire devices known as bump stocks.

Two other pieces of legislation would make it easier to take guns from people who are believed to pose a threat to themselves and others and take guns from suspects in cases of domestic violence.

Supporters and opponents of gun control are expected at the ceremony.