First is why doesn’t Maine have a red flag law? I mean that seems a small thing to enact that may have prevented this mass murder.
According to a bulletin by the Maine Information and Analysis Center, Card “recently reported mental health issues to include hearing voices and threats to shoot up the National Guard Base in Saco, [Maine]”.
One reporter asked: “How would someone that fits that profile still be in possession of semi-automatic weapons?”
Maine does not have a “red flag law” – a provision in some states and local areas that allows judges or police to temporarily take away a person’s guns if they pose a threat to themselves or others. Source