I am opposed to any and all laws that infringe on our constitutional rights. Red flag laws scare me—they violate more than just the Second Amendment and fail to deliver the fairy-tale safety they promise.
There wasn’t much pre-election polling on the “red flag” referendum on the ballot in Maine, though one survey from October showed opposition at 40%, support at 38% and 22% undecided. If that poll was anywhere close to accurate, then virtually all of those late-deciding voters ended up backing the referendum, because in the end it wasn’t even close.
As of Wednesday morning, Question 2 establishing a Extreme Risk Protection Order process in Maine has 63% approval, with 37% opposed.
Second Amendment advocates with the No on 2 campaign, responding to the returns on Tuesday night, declared that the state “just passed the biggest, far-reaching piece of gun control in its history,” adding:
By Cam Edwards

