I'm sorry for your troubles and also your friend's troubles. You're 100% right. Get so tired of seeing family members being blamed for the sins of others.
I am finding that whole explanation bizarre. Especially neither Army, family or police thinking about restricting or confiscating his weapons.Well, huh. That's curious. Several deaf individuals have been reported as victims of his rampage.
Side note. Before anyone even thinks of equating being deaf or HOH with mental illness, let me just stopyou now.
I'd like to know how he was in the reserves with that level of hearing loss, too. That's called "military disability". Very bizarre.
I should add...the law is a bit more nuanced than I outlined in this post. (Sorry for that, moving too fastWhile it is true that around 46% of Maine households have guns, you are not allowed to bring them into any establishment that serves alcohol. Not open carry or concealed carry. Both locations served alcohol. So basically, the locations were no gun zones. This is part of Maine gun laws.
The Manager of Schemengees Bar and Grille tried to get at the shooter with a butcher knife. He was killed.
Father of manager shot to death at Schemengees Bar calls son a ‘hero’ for confronting the Maine gunman
“Joey Walker was shot to death at Schemengees,” his father said. “He died as a hero because he picked up a butcher knife … and he tried to go at the gunman to stop him from shooting anybody else.”…www.bostonherald.com
) The establishment serving alcohol is required to visibly post on exterior doors that no guns allowed. (which I believe is the case for both of the places the shooter showed up at. still gun free zones).
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Was it for actual hearing loss or was it the type of hearing "aids" that a lot of people that work in environments that have sudden. loud noises and they interact with the sudden noise and cancel it out. They are actually hearing protection and not hearing aids, but some do call them that and some are custom fit so they block as much noise as possible. You wear them during the entirety of what you are wearing them for and are designed to be able to hear regualarly, so they do amplify normal speech because you don't take them in and out like the types of hearing protection most of us wear that go over your head and cover your ears. They are required to wear that type here on the indoor ranges so their hearing is protected but they can still hear any instruction, etc. This makes much more sense than him having regular type hearing aids.
Well, I'm not sure why they would call them "powerful hearing aids" if they aren't. Or why he would be hearing people talk around him if they were noise canceling gear (and literally naming the people). Plus she said he had severe hearing loss from constant gunfire. It's in the article.
Gotcha! I didn't see that part. I just know what the indoor gun ranges here require and many call them that. The military also now uses them in the field. Not sure for how long, but a friend had them and now he got new, fitted ones and since he's LE, he uses them often at their gun range. They are very cool! You can hear normal conversation with them in, but they shut off very suddenly as soon as they detect a certain decibel. I have a cheap(ish) pair that is definitely not custom fit. I can see how if you used them often, the custom fit would be really, really worth it.
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Are you in Maine???Thank you RoundPeg.
We are debating whether or not the kids play in soccer tournaments tomorrow.
Can't they postpone it?
Thank you. I hope to bring awareness to the fact that the severely mentally ill are not getting any care at all. They may be diagnosed, but then they’re just thrown out to fend for themselves.
I was right. Hold on I’m trying to get a link.
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