ABC News reports:
Nearly three months before Robert Card would tear through a bar and a bowling alley in rural Maine last week — killing 18 and injuring 13 — he tried to buy a silencer for a rifle at a local firearms store, the owner said Saturday. “He came in and filled out the form, he checked off a box that incriminated himself saying that he was in an institution,” Rick LaChapelle, owner of Coastal Defense Firearms, said.
“Our staff was fantastic, let him finish filling out the form, and said, ‘I’m sorry, Mr. Card, we cannot give you this… at this point in time, we cannot release this silencer to you because of the answers that you’ve given us.” LaChapelle added “we did what we were supposed to do and hopefully saved a lot of lives by the proper, just following the proper procedures.”
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Nearly three months before the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting, alleged gunman Robert Card tried to buy a silencer for a rifle at a local firearms store, the owner said. https://t.co/cFGZWZ3mF1
— Action News on 6abc (@6abc) October 29, 2023
The ONLY reason the Maine gunman wasn’t able to take home the silencer he purchased online was because he checked a box saying that he had been in an institution.
In America, dangerous people are on the honor system to use weapons of war responsibly: https://t.co/q2yxGXvtvU pic.twitter.com/vp6Eadyeyn
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 29, 2023