"Bipartisan Safer Communities Act"

With Mitt Romney and Joe Manchin leaving the U.S. Senate, Murkowski could be one of the few remaining moderates.

A shop owner says that whenever there’s unrest or something big in the news in the Lower 48 — even if it has little or no connection to Alaska — people come in and start stockpiling.

Murkowski called the bill responsible and said she doesn’t think it infringes on Second Amendment rights.

Federal law prevents some convicted domestic abusers from owning a gun, depending on their relationship to the victim. The new gun safety bill would expand that definition to include dating partners.