The sheriff's office has used the law to remove potentially dangerous people from their firearms more than almost any other Maine law enforcement agency.
LINCOLN COUNTY, Maine — The Lewiston mass shooting continues to raise new questions about a state law designed to keep firearms away from people who might be dangerous that was not invoked in the case of Robert Card, despite multiple warning signs in the weeks and months leading up to the shooting.
Many have asked how the law is supposed to work.
NEWS CENTER Maine spoke Wednesday with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, whose deputies have used the state's Yellow-Flag law more than nearly every other agency in Maine.
In total, data provided by the Maine Department of Public Safety indicates the law has been used to remove someone's firearms 82 times since it was implemented in 2020.
"It's a relatively new law," said Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Patrol Lt. Brendan Kane. "It's not a law that's used every day."
But his agency uses it more than most, deploying the Yellow-Flag law to obtain a weapons restriction order six times. Only the Sanford Police Department (seven times) and the State Police (eight times) have used it more, according to state data.
Kane says each case is considered independently at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, but his deputies pay special attention to two factors when dealing with someone in mental distress.
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