PBSMaine voters approve red flag gun law after mass shooting that killed 18
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
57% : Approval adds Maine to more than 20 states that have a red flag law, which empowers family members to take the same step.45% : Opponents of the red flag law said Tuesday that it's significant the yellow flag law is still state law.
40% : Matt York/AP Photo The campaign in favor of the red flag law released an ad this fall in which Arthur Barnard, father of Lewiston shooting victim Artie Strout, said the stronger law could have saved his son's life.
39% : Gun control proponents characterized that law as too weak and difficult to implement.
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