Families of the victims of a 2023 mass shooting in Maine and dozens of survivors filed a negligence lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. government, alleging the military and others failed to respond to warning signs and a threat by the gunman, who was an Army reservist.
Robert Card, 40, killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, setting off a two-day manhunt that ended when he died by suicide, authorities said.
The approximately 100 plaintiffs named the Defense Department, the Army and Keller Army Community Hospital in West Point, New York, in the suit, which a team of four law firms filed in federal court in Maine.
The military give less of a shit about people’s mental health than the rest of the government and less even than either major political party.
It’s complicated because it can ruin your career if you seek mental health assistance while serving. You can lose your security clearance and then be relegated to something other than your actual job. This basically kills any shot at promotion.
I lost a buddy to suicide by gun when I was in. I had lost contact with him and didn’t know he was suffering. It wasn’t a combat trauma thing either. IDK what it was. And nobody but me and the guy’s wife gives a shit, nobody wants for him to have wanted to live instead of die, they just want to ban guns about it.
Suicide accounts for most gun deaths in the US every year. As in more than 50% of all gun deaths. I wish we’d invest in good mental healthcare.
They won’t succeed (and if they do, it will be a meager win)
…but if the rest of everyone sees people holding their governments accountable, it can snowball (after we tear it all down and rinse & repeat a few dozen more times over the next 2000 years, if we make it that long)
Lol well be lucky if we last 20 as a society, 200 as a species.
I like your optimism
