I thought through that a lot in the 24 hours after it started. I mean, I saw images of the shooter that very night and the rifle that he had. And It shattered a lot of perceptions that I had about why it was safe to have these types of rifles in Maine. I thought that we were different in some ways. Clearly not. But Jared golden also has his own life experience, his time as a Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan. (01:54–02:03)
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