Police statewide were warned about the alleged Maine mass shooter weeks before he massacred 18 people

As happens too often warning signs are ignored or not taken serious enough! That needs to change! Sometimes it would be very advisable to confiscate the weapons as a precaution and err on the side of caution.

There were apparently multiple credible warnings about the individual before the mass shootings occurred.

In this case: "New York State Police officers were reportedly called on July 16 to West Point by his superior officers regarding his behavior and threats he had made against other reservists. As a result of the NYSP intervention, he underwent two weeks of mental health evaluation at the Kelly Army Community Hospital at the U.S. Military Academy. ...

"If in fact the suspect was hospitalized for two weeks for mental illness, that should have triggered the yellow-flag law and he should have been separated from his weapons," said U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), reported Connecticut Public."

Police statewide were warned about the alleged Maine mass shooter weeks before he massacred 18 people | Blaze Media