The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Vicki Doudera of Camden represents District 94 in the Maine House of Representatives. The numbers tell a stark story. Gun deaths in Maine increased 45 percent from 2010 to 2019, a vastly higher rate than the 17 percent increase nationwide during the same time period.