Army reservist's traumatic brain injuries eyed in last year's deadly shooting spree. (Page 1/9)
rinselberg MAR 07, 03:23 PM

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The analysis of the Lewiston shooter's brain was released Wednesday by his family. There was degeneration in the nerve fibers that allow for communication between different areas of the brain, inflammation and small blood vessel injury, according to Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center.

He had been an instructor at an Army hand grenade training range, where it is believed he was exposed to repeated low-level blasts. It is unknown if that caused his brain injury and what role brain injury played in his decline in mental health in the months before he opened fire at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston on Oct. 25. McKee made no connection between the brain injury and the gunman's violent actions.

“While I cannot say with certainty that these pathological findings underlie Mr. Card’s behavioral changes in the last 10 months of life, based on our previous work, brain injury likely played a role in his symptoms," McKee said in the statement.



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In previous hearings, law enforcement officials have defended the approach they took with the gunman in the months before the shootings. Members of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office testified that the state’s yellow flag law makes it difficult to remove guns from a potentially dangerous person.

Democrats in Maine are looking to make changes to the state’s gun laws in the wake of the shootings. Mills wants to change state law to allow law enforcement to go directly to a judge to seek a protective custody warrant to take a dangerous person into custody to remove weapons. Other Democrats in Maine have proposed a 72-hour waiting period for most gun purchases.


"Army officials testifying Thursday before Maine mass shooting commission"


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The testimony comes one day after family members revealed that Lewiston gunman Robert Card's brain had significant evidence of traumatic injuries, most likely from his time in the military.

David Sharp and Patrick Whittle for NBC News Boston; March 7, 2024.
https://www.nbcboston.com/n...-commission/3300625/

And this:
https://www.nytimes.com/202...bGcVG&smid=url-share

A GIFT link that provides free access for the next 30 days to a newly published report in the New York Times that goes into far more detail about what pathologists and brain experts have been thinking about the case, and what the implications could be for the U.S. Army and other armed services.

"Profound Damage Found in Maine Gunman’s Brain, Possibly From Blasts"


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A laboratory found a pattern of cell damage that has been seen in veterans exposed to weapons blasts, and said it probably played a role in symptoms the gunman displayed before the shooting.

Dave Philips for the New York Times; March 6, 2024.


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The gunman, Robert Card, was a grenade instructor in the Army Reserve. In 2023, after eight years of being exposed to thousands of skull-shaking blasts on the training range, he began hearing voices and was stalked by paranoid delusions, his family said. He grew increasingly erratic and violent in the months before the October rampage in Lewiston, in which he killed 18 people and then himself.

So says reporter Dave Philipps for the New York Times.

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Patrick MAR 07, 06:16 PM

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"I'll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands."



It's outrageous and criminal that 18 innocent people also needed to suffer from "cold, dead hands" before sanity prevailed.




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Originally posted by rinselberg:

"...he began hearing voices and was stalked by paranoid delusions. He grew increasingly erratic and violent in the months before the October rampage in Lewiston, in which he killed 18 people and then himself."


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82-T/A [At Work] MAR 08, 08:05 AM

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Originally posted by Patrick:

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No offense, but I'm glad you're a Canadian and not a U.S. citizen. I'd never give up my rights, no matter how many people die. It's not the rights that kill, it's the psychopath with the gun. And what you don't seem to understand, is a person willing to kill, will do whatever they can to kill.
blackrams MAR 08, 08:06 AM
Interesting findings. It's impossible to dispute or confirm the reasons for the brain/nerve ending damage. Having trained on a "Grenade Range" in the past, I was a bit surprised to see the blame being put on the range but, I suppose anything is possible. But I wonder about the shooter's other life experiences that could have resulted in shocks to the brain. The following quotes are from the two articles referenced in the opening posts.


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The analysis of the Lewiston shooter's brain was released Wednesday by his family. There was degeneration in the nerve fibers that allow for communication between different areas of the brain, inflammation and small blood vessel injury, according to Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center.

He had been an instructor at an Army hand grenade training range, where it is believed he was exposed to repeated low-level blasts. It is unknown if that caused his brain injury and what role brain injury played in his decline in mental health in the months before he opened fire at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston on Oct. 25. McKee made no connection between the brain injury and the gunman's violent actions.



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The analysis of the Lewiston shooter's brain was released Wednesday by his family. There was degeneration in the nerve fibers that allow for communication between different areas of the brain, inflammation and small blood vessel injury, according to Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center.

He had been an instructor at an Army hand grenade training range, where it is believed he was exposed to repeated low-level blasts. It is unknown if that caused his brain injury and what role brain injury played in his decline in mental health in the months before he opened fire at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston on Oct. 25. McKee made no connection between the brain injury and the gunman's violent actions.




To me the failure is with the authorities who all indicated they saw the abnormal behavior and did nothing about it. That's where the fault lies.


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williegoat MAR 08, 09:15 AM

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Originally posted by blackrams:

To me the failure is with the authorities who all indicated they saw the abnormal behavior and did nothing about it. That's where the fault lies.



This is a fact.

As long as the Left continues to use these incidents to forward their paranoid agenda, the people will continue to be distracted from the problem.

The Left doesn't want a solution, they want an excuse.

Government gun control will only disarm the very people who could best protect the public. Government gun control only protects the government. Government gun control is totalitarian.
williegoat MAR 08, 09:18 AM
The Left is on the verge of pushing good citizens over the edge. Don't give them the excuse they are looking for. Keep your powder dry.
blackrams MAR 09, 07:46 AM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

The Left is on the verge of pushing good citizens over the edge. Don't give them the excuse they are looking for. Keep your powder dry.





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Learning most of life's lessons the hard way. .
You are only young once but, you can be immature indefinitely.

rinselberg MAR 09, 02:31 PM

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The gunman, Robert Card, was a grenade instructor in the Army Reserve. In 2023, after eight years of being exposed to thousands of skull-shaking blasts on the training range, he began hearing voices and was stalked by paranoid delusions, his family said. He grew increasingly erratic and violent in the months before the October rampage in Lewiston, in which he killed 18 people and then himself.




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In previous hearings, law enforcement officials have defended the approach they took with the gunman in the months before the shootings. Members of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office testified that [Maine's] yellow flag law makes it difficult to remove guns from a potentially dangerous person.

Democrats in Maine are looking to make changes to the state’s gun laws in the wake of the shootings. Mills wants to change state law to allow law enforcement to go directly to a judge to seek a protective custody warrant to take a dangerous person into custody to remove weapons. Other Democrats in Maine have proposed a 72-hour waiting period for most gun purchases.


I am not familiar with the exact details of this case, but this at least raises the question in my mind of whether this criminal case makes an argumentative case for favoring certain changes to firearms-related legislation at the state (Maine) or federal level.

Is anyone else connecting the dots in the same way?

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williegoat MAR 09, 03:24 PM
The problem will not be fixed as long as some people continue to distract the public. Diverting the focus towards an inanimate object will do nothing to solve a very real health issue.

Face the facts. Stop wasting everybody’s time. How many more decades will we have to listen to this crap?
rinselberg MAR 09, 04:05 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

The problem will not be fixed as long as some people continue to distract the public. Diverting the focus towards an inanimate object will do nothing to solve a very real health issue.

Face the facts. Stop wasting everybody’s time. How many more decades will we have to listen to this crap?


That suggests that you think there is the possibility of a "fix" to prevent at least some of these deadly shooting sprees.

What might that look like?