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Maine's Gun Control Initiative a Deeply Personal Issue

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Citizen ballot questions are often the most deeply personal decisions U.S. voters have to make in November since they offer a chance for citizens to change laws. This is the case in Maine, where an election-season battle over private gun sale background checks has pitted the parents of a murdered daughter against gun owners who say their way of life is under attack. VOA’s Katherine Gypson has more in this report from Portland.