Local police appear to have had enough information to temporarily seize the firearms belonging to Robert Card before he shot and killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, last month, the author of the state's 'yellow flag' law told The Boston Globe.
Local police appear to have had enough information to temporarily seize the firearms belonging to Robert Card before he shot and killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, last month, the author of the state's "yellow flag" law told The Boston Globe.
"This definitely appears like a case that the yellow flag process could have been utilized," Keim said in an interview that took place on Wednesday. "If the family, the son, and the ex-wife came and said, 'He's showing real signs of mental deterioration and mental distress,' at that point they could have acted on that and taken him into protective custody and had him evaluated.
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