The suspects' family are promoting this theory... not WSers'.
Just mentioning that.
I think they are probably in shock or at the very least, in damage control mode.
The Robert Card they knew was maybe someone they'd never believe could commit such an act ?
If they had no idea what was coming, they may be forgiven for grasping at straws -- which is what I think this is.
It's o.k. to theorize and speculate here, and the comments here are pondering all of the evidence that has been released so far.
The media has picked this up as well (see links below); but to be honest I think RC maybe had a burning rage about something someone said/did, or was an injustice collector ?
Not so much his hearing devices.
Imo.
The family of the Army reservist accused of fatally shooting more than a dozen people in Lewiston, Maine, alerted police and military officials that he was experiencing an “acute” mental health episode before the Wednesday night massacre, the suspect’s sister-in-law said.
www.nbcconnecticut.com
Robert Card, 40, a firearms instructor and longtime member of the Army Reserve, began to hear voices that were saying “horrible” things about him a couple of months ago when he was fitted for high-powered hearing aids, according to Katie Card, who is married to his brother.
Katie Card said the family did their best to reassure Robert Card that the comments were not real, including by verifying with some of the people he claimed had made the remarks. But, she said, “it turned into a manic belief.”
“He was just very set in his belief that everyone was against him all of a sudden,” she said.
“He truly believed he was hearing people say things. This all just happened within the last few months,” said Katie O’Neill, who is married to Card’s brother.
nypost.com
In the lead-up to the shooting,Card started using high powered hearing aids, O’Neill explained.
“He would get mad and claim that we didn’t believe him. We tried to listen to him and tell him that nobody was talking about him.
Omo.