LEWISTON, Maine (WMTW) - Anne Jordan was the Commissioner of Public Safety under Gov. John Baldacci and served as the executive director of the Lewiston Commission after 18 people died in a mass shooting in October 2023. She said that experience led her to her decision to vote yes on Question 2.

Question 2 would create a second extreme risk protection order in Maine in the form of a red flag law. Maine currently has a yellow flag law, but gun safety advocates are looking to strengthen that.

“Studies have shown that the red flag laws, which have been passed in 21 other states, work better and they have fewer gun deaths. Why would you oppose fewer gun deaths?” Jordan said.

In a new op-ed , Jordan outlined her reasoning for her support of question two. Writing in part, “The commission

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