{"id":2200340,"date":"2024-03-16T12:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T16:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maines-yellow-flag-law-would-have-allowed-sheriff-to-seize-shooters-gun-before-he-killed-18-people-report\/"},"modified":"2024-03-16T12:18:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T16:18:29","slug":"maines-yellow-flag-law-would-have-allowed-sheriff-to-seize-shooters-gun-before-he-killed-18-people-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maines-yellow-flag-law-would-have-allowed-sheriff-to-seize-shooters-gun-before-he-killed-18-people-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine&#8217;s Yellow Flag law could have let the sheriff confiscate the gunman&#8217;s weapon before he tragically took 18 lives, according to a report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaines-yellow-flag-law-would-have-allowed-sheriff-to-seize-shooters-gun-before-he-killed-18-people-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2200340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Maine&#8217;s Missed Opportunity: A Law Unenforced,\u2062 Lives Unsaved<\/h2>\n<p>In a riveting account that has shaken the\u2064 state to its \u200ccore, a Maine\u200d panel has revealed a harrowing truth: a mass shooting that claimed 18 lives in Lewiston might \u200bhave been prevented. Maine\u2019s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-gop-advances-two-election-integrity-bills\/\" title=\"Arizona GOP Advances Two Election Integrity Bills\">yellow flag<\/a>&#8221; law, designed to act as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigans-whitmer-announces-new-re-opening-guidance-based-on-vaccination-levels\/\" title=\"Michigan\u2019s Whitmer Announces New Re-Opening Guidance Based On Vaccination Levels\">safety valve<\/a> before tragedies strike, was pointedly disregarded in\u200c a devastating oversight.<\/p>\n<h3>The Dark Prelude to Tragedy<\/h3>\n<p>Months before the bloodshed, alarm bells were already ringing. The family of \u2062U.S. Army reservist Robert Card feared \u200bfor \u2063his mental stability and alerted local authorities. Despite \u200cowning up \u200cto 10 \u2062firearms, \u2063Card was\u200c a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-driver-who-inspired-lets-go-brandon-says-now-extremely-difficult-to-get-sponsorships\/\" title=\"NASCAR Driver Who Inspired \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 Says Now \u2018Extremely Difficult\u2019 To Get Sponsorships\">ticking time bomb<\/a> in plain sight. <strong>Maine\u2019s yellow flag law<\/strong> stood as a bastion of hope\u2014a\u2064 chance to intervene and disarm him before it was\u2064 too late.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Local law enforcement had \u201cseveral opportunities that, if taken, may have changed the course \u200cof events.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Five months prior<\/strong> to the massacre, as Card&#8217;s mental health spiraled, his\u2064 family\u2019s plea was clear. Yet, the response from the sheriff\u2019s office was \u2062a dangerous \u2062silence. The law was there, but the \u200cwill \u200bto enforce it lay dormant.<\/p>\n<h3>The Panel&#8217;s Findings: A Potential\u2063 Turn of Fate Ignored<\/h3>\n<p>Gov. Janet Mills and\u2063 AG Aaron Frey composed a panel to dissect the failings of\u2064 the Sagadahoc \u200cCounty Sheriff\u2019s Office. Their findings are a stark expose\u2014a narrative of missed checks and unused power amidst looming threats.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The law, passed in 2019, stood as guardrails against the misuse of the personal right to bear arms.<\/li>\n<li>Efforts to tighten gun policy, like\u2063 background checks and waiting periods, stagnated, creating a porous safety net.<\/li>\n<li>Card\u2019s mental state had already deemed\u200b him unfit for Army duty, a red flag dismissed with dire consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report condemned the non-action\u2064 as an abrogation of responsibility, a lapse that allowed Robert Card to carry out Maine&#8217;s deadliest shooting. The panel spotlighted a daunting\u2063 &#8220;what if&#8221;\u2014<strong>had authorities stepped in<\/strong>, seizing\u200c Card\u2019s guns, deflating his capacity for harm, could lives have been saved?<\/p>\n<h3>The Unfolding Horror: A Sequence of Loss<\/h3>\n<p>On\u200d a fateful October 25th, \u2063the\u200b warning signs culminated in a rampage. Starting at a bowling alley, Lewiston became the stage for a senseless slaughter. Card&#8217;s spree didn&#8217;t relent until 18 innocents had fallen, with 13 others wounded, marking an unprecedented scar on Maine\u2019s history. The narrative came to a close with Card&#8217;s own life, ending at a recycling facility where his story first began taking form.<\/p>\n<p>The report \u200dstands as a somber testament to opportunities foregone and emphasizes a dire need for vigilance. It&#8217;s a\u2063 clarion call for action,\u2062 not only in Maine but nationwide, echoing the critical importance of enforcing laws designed to prevent \u2064such catastrophes. Maine&#8217;s tragic oversight is \u200ba\u2063 lesson that cautions us all: <strong>when warning flags are raised, action must follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK \u200bHERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Maine law could have empowered the sheriff to preemptively seize the weaponry of the Lewiston mass shooter who killed 18, a panel reports. The probe into Sagadahoc County Sheriff&#8217;s Office was convened by Gov. 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