R.I.P. Scout26
And just think, we fought - and won! - a WAR with a lowly M1, only 1/15 as powerful as the AR15.
According to the State Bureau of Investigation, Card is categorized as “Federal Firearms Disqualified Status,” though it remains unclear what law barred him from possessing a firearm. A list of Mainers who have had their weapons confiscated through the state’s “yellow flag law” does not appear to include anyone matching Card. A spokesperson for the state police did not respond to a message asking for clarification about why Card was prohibited.
The SBI hasn’t said anything beyond that basic information, so we don’t know when the suspect was officially categorized as a prohibited person, but the most likely opportunity would have been earlier this summer, when he reportedly spent two weeks in an Army medical center in West Point, New York after displaying “erratic” behavior during training exercises.While that information was reported to federal officials, it doesn’t sound like it was conveyed to state authorities. The suspects family, however, says they were in contact with both law enforcement and the military over the past few months to express their growing concerns about his “rapidly deteriorating” mental state.
*Also, "hooking up" doesn't mean what it did when I was a kid. Don't even ask me how many times I nearly got into sexual harassment trouble at work because I said I was hooking up with a female coworker.
If correct it appears they were trying to get a Yellow Flag law triggered or maybe even it was but were encountering obstaclesFrom Bearing ArmsSounds like a communication break downAnd apparently NY was getting involvedMaine Police Say Lewiston Suspect WAS Prohibited From Possessing Gunshttps://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/10/27/maine-police-say-lewiston-suspect-was-prohibited-from-possessing-guns-n76626
David Hogg 🟧@davidhogg111The Maine shooter was unable to obtain a silencer a couple months ago because when he filled out the form to obtain the silencer he was asked if he had ever been committed to a mental institution to which he checked yes. The gun shop then refused to sell him the silencer. Who knows how many more would have died if the law were not in place.
Multiple fails here:https://twitchy.com/samj/2023/10/29/oopsie-david-hogg-accidentally-proves-gun-laws-already-on-the-books-work-with-maine-shooter-post-n2389153Moron.
And yet mister "I've been around guns my whole life" calls it a silencer, when no such thing exists, instead of a suppressor. He's such a 🤡 — Postaldog (@thepostaldog) October 29, 2023
Former co-workers at Maine Recycling Corp. say they saw a change in Card’s mental state earlier this year. Card was employed as a commercial driver from February 2022 to early June 2023.Card’s behavior grew increasingly erratic and he spoke “aggressively” about guns before he left his job, one co-worker told NBC News. Another colleague said a supervisor was warned that Card supposedly had made threats of workplace gun violence, but nothing was done and it felt like “it was swept under the rug.”The former co-workers, who asked not to be identified because they are still employed by Maine Recycling, expressed dismay that Card had access to his firearms even though he appeared to be struggling mentally when they saw him regularly this year.One co-worker said he had no issues when Card first started at Maine Recycling, but about a year later, the co-worker said, Card exhibited a “total mood change.”“He irrationally snapped. We’d do good the whole day, but then would say that I touched him. He said I was sexually harassing him, calling him a pedophile,” the co-worker said.
Maine Recycling said Monday that while Card was known to be a gun enthusiast, supervisors were not aware of any conversations in which he may have threatened workplace violence and take such threats seriously. Card left the company on good terms.
His brother said Card met his ex-girlfriend during a cornhole competition at Schemengees Bar and Grille. After Card’s ex-girlfriend ended the relationship, the family member said that his brother began "wearing hearing aids and had been saying crazy things."Since the breakup, Card "had significant weight loss, has been hospitalized for mental health issues and stopped taking prescribed medication," his brother told police.One witness told police that Card had been delusional since the relationship ended.
In a Nov. 2 letter to Army Inspector General Lt. Gen. Donna Martin, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King questioned why Army officials didn’t appear to trigger laws in two states designed to disarm dangerous people, despite [Card’s] threat to “shoot up” the Army Reserve base in Saco. Collins and King cited Card’s “troubling behaviors” leading up to the shooting, citing a Bangor Daily News report from last week.
