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As reluctant as I am to say it, I think we really should talk about this horrible thing that's been going on in Maine the last couple

days since this mass shooting in Lewiston. You know, I was struck by the congressman from Maine,

Jared Golden, coming out in the wake of this horrific shooting and saying, well, okay, now,

now I'm going to ban assault weapons. And I was conflicted. I don't know what you guys think, but like, I felt, okay, on the one hand, it's never too late to do the right thing. On the other hand, was this really the thing that caused you to realize that these guns were a problem?

I mean, do we have to wait until every single member of Congress has experienced this personally in their district.

And Susan called this out on what used to be called Twitter, and I thought it was really good to point out that somebody can change their mind on this issue.

But it honestly, I'm, I'm worrying about this because I have a child who lives up in Maine right now.

And I'm not worried that she's in personal danger,

but the whole area where she is is in lockdown.

Yeah.

And it's just unthinkable what happened,

and that they have these kinds of weapons in the hands of someone who's so mentally ill,

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