Live stream: Officials hold briefing on search for gunman in Maine mass shootings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Keeping in mind the strong support for gun rights, lawmakers passed a "yellow flag" law in 2019 that would require police to seek a medical evaluation of anyone believed to be dangerous before then trying to take their guns away.
48% : Maine doesn't require permits to carry guns, and the state has a longstanding culture of gun ownership that is tied to its traditions of hunting and sport shooting.
47% : Schools, doctor's offices and grocery stores closed and people stayed behind locked doors in cities as far as 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the scenes of the shootings.
47% : "Thursday, a herd of cows grazed on one Card property adjacent to where law enforcement searched.
37% : The occasional truck or police patrol would drive through neighborhoods dotted with illuminated giant pumpkins and ghosts for Halloween.Schools in Lewiston and Portland remained closed Friday.

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