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🗣️AMERICA HAS A SERIOUS GUN PROBLEM
Robert Card, an Army reservist with a history of mental health issues, is suspected of killing at least 18 people at multiple locations in Maine on Wednesday.
Hours before the rampage, the Senate voted 53-45 to adopt an amendment making it easier for veterans with mental disabilities to get guns. The Department of Veteran Affairs is currently required to send the names of veterans who need assistance managing their benefits to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
The amendment adopted on Wednesday, introduced by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), overturns this requirement. “My amendment would prevent government workers from unduly stripping veterans of their right to bear arms,” Kennedy said. “Every veteran who bravely serves our country has earned VA benefits, and it's wrong for the government to punish veterans who get a helping hand to manage those resources.”
Five senators who caucus with Democrats - three Democrats and two Independents, all up for reelection in 2024 - voted with Republicans to adopt the amendment.
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My home state of Maine has just experienced one of its worst tragedies in recent memory. If you have the means of doing so, I urge you to donate what you can to the families affected by the Lewiston mass shooting.
ADDENDUM: This fundraiser was created by Victims First, an organization I have no affiliation with. I am not requesting any consultancy for this fundraiser.
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I'm going to take a break from Tumblr for a little while. Maybe an hour, maybe the night, maybe a whole day, a week, I'm not sure. I need to focus on myself and my family, and being online isn't helping at all.
18 people dead. 13 injured. Numbers expected to rise. Suspect still at large. I don't care if you're not religious, please pray for us.
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These last few days have been so stressful.
I hope they find this psycho soon.
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Officials in Maine made an unfortunate choice of words when addressing the mass shooting incidents. They asserted that these tragic events struck at the very core of the values cherished by Maine. What's particularly intriguing about this situation is the unsettling reality that the shooter held many of the same values and principles as the predominantly conservative and white population of Lewiston. Not only that, he was regarded as an esteemed member of society due to his military service. Indeed, this situation calls into question the values upheld by conservative Maine, highlighting the disconcerting truth that Robert Card, the shooter, received more honor than a non-violent homeless heroin addict, a group that Maine sadly has many of.
This situation also underscores the priorities of the police force, as they seemed to focus on policing the economically disadvantaged, which may have hindered their ability to respond promptly to two separate locations visited by the same shooter miles apart. Ultimately, it raises important questions about the distinction between good and bad in this context.
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Police Were Told Maine Gunman Had Threatened to Carry Out Shooting Spree
A Maine sheriff’s office tried to contact the gunman who later carried out America’s deadliest mass shooting this year, but the office ultimately left him alone.
Six weeks before an Army reservist fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, the police received alarming warnings that the reservist had grown increasingly paranoid, had punched a friend and had said he was going to carry out a shooting spree. But no law enforcement officials ever made contact with him, according to records released on Monday.
The warnings about the reservist, Robert R. Card II, 40, were far more explicit than Maine officials have publicly acknowledged in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting, America’s deadliest mass shooting this year. They came from Mr. Card’s family members and his Army Reserve unit in Saco, Maine, and were investigated by the Sheriff’s Office in Sagadahoc County, where he lived.
In September, the Army Reserve contacted the Sheriff’s Office, and a sergeant was assigned to check on Mr. Card after he had accused several friends, in what struck them as a paranoid delusion, of calling him a pedophile and had punched one of them.
The Reserve also told the Sheriff’s Office that Mr. Card had been treated at a psychiatric hospital for two weeks in July before being released. The Reserve said that more recently, Mr. Card had told a friend that he had guns and was “going to shoot up the drill center at Saco and other places,” according to a report written by a sheriff’s sergeant.
The sheriff’s sergeant, Aaron Skolfield, went to Mr. Card’s home on Sept. 16 and tried to make contact with him, but no one came to the door despite the sergeant hearing someone he thought was Mr. Card moving around inside.
Sergeant Skolfield said that soon after, he spoke with a unit commander in the Reserve who said that he thought it was best for Mr. Card to “have time to himself for a bit.”
Sergeant Skolfield also said in the report that he had contacted Mr. Card’s brother, Ryan Card, who said that he and his father would try to take his brother’s guns away.
Sheriff Joel Merry of Sagadahoc County said in a statement that he believed his department had acted appropriately, but he added that his office would evaluate its procedures for wellness checks. Sergeant Skolfield declined to comment over the weekend when a reporter contacted him by phone.
Earlier on Monday, Gov. Janet Mills of Maine declined to answer questions about law enforcement’s prior interactions with Mr. Card. The state’s public safety commissioner suggested on Saturday that law enforcement’s only interaction with Mr. Card was an investigation into a possible drunken driving incident in 2007.
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Enough thoughts. Enough prayers. It’s time for action. Gun reform NOW!
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Main Suspect in US Maine Shooting Found Dead After Intense Manhunt
The suspect in a mass Maine shooting in the US has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, US media reported Friday, after an intense manhunt that lasted more than two days.
Details surrounding the suspect’s demise were not immediately known, but authorities in Maine have called for a news conference at 10 pm (local time) to provide further information. The incident has left the…
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Tiktok claims that they're a diverse community that has no tolerance for discrimination and that they don't permit content that contains hate speech or hateful behavior, but they said the comment I reported of someone saying "I hope all the Lewiston shooting victims were Muslim" wasn't a violation 🤔 hmmmm
#like that's definitely hate speech right? I'm not tripping right?#such a fucking disgusting thing to say#Lewiston shooting#Maine shooting#United States#Tiktok#hate speech#gun violence#mass murder#gun control now#enough is enough
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Maine parish in lockdown as manhunt is underway for gunman who killed 18
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