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At least 16 people have been killed in shootings in Lewiston, Maine, a law enforcement official said, based on initial information gathered by first responders at three locations. Dozens more were injured, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Authorities were trying to locate Robert Card, 40, a “person of interest” who they said should be regarded as armed and dangerous. The death toll, which could rise, is the largest from a mass shooting this year.
The Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston says it is responding to a "mass casualty, mass shooter event," and is coordinating with area hospitals to take in patients. The hospital has not shared specifics on the numbers of casualties.
Lewiston police say the target of the manhunt is connected to shootings at least two locations — including Schemengees Bar and Grille, and Sparetime Recreation, a bowling alley...
This details of this shooting in Maine are almost irrelevant... Except of course, to the dead, and to their loved ones, and to the hundreds of people traumatized by this and to the thousands of people every year dealing with physical pain and to the hundreds of thousands of people dealing with the psychological aftermath, and to the entire Nation which lives in a constant state of doom and PTSD.
But, as long as one party is fanatically devoted to the political power and money they get from the NRA and Firearms Manufacturing Industry; This will not stop. Let's look at the this years NRA report on the organizations efforts to undermine Law&Order in Maine
The NRA article mentions how thanks to their lobbying the Maine Senate "killed" this bill and "Killed" that bill.
In fact, almost every article under the Legal & Legislation topic on the NRA site uses gun violence language to celebrate their defeating the laws Americans overwhelmingly want passed.
Reportedly, after the 2019 El Paso Mass Shooting Trump asked, “What are we going to do about assault rifles?” “Not a damn thing,” Mick Mulvaney, Acting chief of staff, replied.
The Tree of Liberty has received its' daily refreshment of blood, Robert Card is still at large. His status in the Pantheon of Second Amendment Heroes is assured and will inspire future rightwing domestic terror attacks.
ETA:
And joy, our new Speaker of the House, the inexperienced but, eager Fascist Fundamentalist Mike Johnson voted against Biden's gun law and co-authored the oh so cleverly named PROTECT 2nd Amendment act, a Federal Law to allow tenants to carry their guns anywhere in common areas of rental property and not be denied renting because of the guns! Because that's the problem with housing shortage...
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