Maine Shooting Suspect Was U.S. Military Instructor, Was Likely Banned From Owning Guns Over Mental Health

The man suspected of murdering nearly two dozen people in Maine on Wednesday night is a trained firearms experts in the U.S. Army Reserves, according to a state police bulletin.

The bulletin was released after 22 people were reportedly killed and dozens more injured in shootings at Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant and the Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston, Maine.

The Associated Press noted that the bulletin said that the suspect was “a trained firearms instructor believed to be in the Army Reserve stationed out of Saco, ME.”

“According to law enforcement, CARD recently reported mental health issues to include hearing voices and threats to shoot up the National Guard Base in Saco, ME,” the bulletin said. “CARD was also reported to have been committed to mental health facility for two weeks during summer 2023 and subsequently released.”

The fact that Card was committed to a mental health facility for a period of weeks indicates that it was an involuntary commitment, which means that he would have been banned from owning or possessing firearms.

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The ATF states: “Any person who has been ‘adjudicated as a mental defective’ or ‘committed to a mental institution’ is prohibited under Federal law from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing any firearm or ammunition.”

Maine shooting suspect is Robert Card, a trained firearms instructor in the U.S. Army reserve. He was recently released from a mental health facility pic.twitter.com/KfhceeGl8h
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