The state canceled a class on how to clean your AR guns after a handful of people complained to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife that it was inappropriate in light of the mass shooting in Lewiston, according to a department spokesman.
The AR models of guns are gaining popularity among hunters, but the category includes the gun that 40-year-old Robert Card II used to kill 18 people and injure 13 others in the October mass shooting in Lewiston. …
The department heard from about a dozen of the more than 400,000 people who received the email notification of the gun classes on Thursday, which also included handgun and shotgun classes.
Although a few people were upset that the department offered the class, several called to complain that the class was canceled, Latti said.
— Julie Harris in Maine Cancels AR Gun Class After Complaints