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Maine gunman disclosed he had mental health issues, gun shop owner says

Oct 30, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -36% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -36% Somewhat Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "In September, Sheriff Joel Merry of Sagadahoc County sent an alert to all law enforcement agencies in Maine after learning that Card had made threats against the military base he was assigned to, the sheriff said in an interview Saturday.
33% : Under federal law, according to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, there are two criteria that prohibit people with mental health issues from buying or possessing guns and firearm equipment such as a silencer.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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