A partisan fight over the hearing process for Gov. Janet Mills’ proposal to expand background checks on firearm sales and increase access to crisis mental health care suggests a bipartisan compromise may be elusive even after the mass shooting.
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N.Y. police video shows fellow reservists’ accounts of Lewiston gunman’s deteriorating mental health
Robert Card’s erratic behavior had already estranged him from his family and had raised concerns among his colleagues in the Army Reserve before he spent 2 weeks in a psychiatric hospital last summer, new footage released by the New York State Police shows.
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Dozens of Maine lawmakers call on Cabela’s, Kittery Trading Post to stop selling military-style rifles
The letters referencing the semi-automatic weapons commonly referred to as assault rifles were spearheaded by Rep. Lori Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach.
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Mills moves to update yellow flag law, expand gun sale background checks
Gun reform activists say the governor’s proposals don’t go far enough to address gun violence.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
A rapidly changing landscape for first responders leaves many firefighters, EMTs unprotected
With most of Maine’s fire departments and emergency medical services responding to potentially violent situations, many of Maine’s non-law enforcement first responders are investing in ballistic personal protective equipment. Many of those who aren’t investing in the equipment would like to.
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Poland Spring to donate money for Lewiston, other departments, to buy bulletproof vests
Ben Dyer, a Poland Spring employee, was one of 13 people injured during the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston.
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Maine church leaders call for gun violence prevention, weekend of prayer
The Maine Council of Churches and Episcopal Diocese of Maine are encouraging all faith traditions to join in Gun Safety Awareness Sabbath.
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Video shows Lewiston gunman’s paranoid behavior months before mass shooting
In a 15-minute video from July released by New York State Police, Robert Card repeatedly tells officers that people are calling him a pedophile everywhere he goes and warns that he’s ‘capable’ of doing something about it.
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State police say Lewiston mass shooter left note saying he was trained to hurt people
Maine State Police also testified that Card bought the rifle used in the shooting just days before he was in New York to train with his U.S. Army Reserve unit and ended up hospitalized at a psychiatric facility.
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Gov. Mills proposes budget with new public safety, mental health funding
The $71 million supplemental proposal also includes previously announced funding for housing and homelessness, child welfare and safety, and to address the opioid crisis.