Part 1: Ray is joined in studio by Former Portland Deputy Chief Joe Loughlin. He was here a couple of weeks ago with his delicious Loughlin’s Irish Steak Sauce. Joe has written another book. Shots Fired: The Misunderstandings, Misconceptions, and Myths about Police Shootings is a journey “behind the shield” which highlights the experiences of the real human beings in the line of fire.
Part 2: Joe and Ray talk about his first book that Joe and Kate collaborated on before: Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine and his co-author, Kate Clark Flora.
Part 3: Ray and Joe talk about how society has de-humanized police. Departments all over the country are down in personnel. They talk about “bad cops” and how much damage they can do to a department and how much the departments have changed since he started to now. Joe talks about how much shooting someone changes a person.
03-26-18 No Excuses!
Ray talks about how the police and veterans that are falling through the cracks. Where are the marches for them. Where is their help? A frequent caller calls to discuss the Omnibus bill that was just signed by President Trump. Ray says there are no excuses for him not letting the government shutdown. It didn’t do what it was promised to do.
03-26-18 Electoral College
Ray talks about how some of the homeless choose to be homeless. They like living off of the grid. Ray goes back to March for Lives rallies. He gives them a lot of raising their voice. Debi brings up Ranked Choice Voting and how confusing this is going to be. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap will be joining us every other week to hopefully explain how this will work. Ray explains how the Electoral Collage works.
03-26-18 No NRA in Maine
Part 1: Ray and Debi talk about National Rifle Association. Apparently Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Eves says that NRA is not welcome here. Ray talks about op-ed he put out stating that he wants no part of the NRA and will stand up to them. He also states this on his website.
Part 2: Ray and Debi continue to talk about Mark Eves and his Op-Ed piece. Ray also talks about the March for Life rallies. There were lots of people attending. Ray also talks about how Switzerland has a very low gun deaths. They have one the highest gun ownership.
Part 3: Ray takes a call with a great idea….just take the guns from all of the liberals. Ray loves the idea, except that it isn’t constitutional. Ray wants to see the evidence that banning the guns will make a difference. Rosie O’Donnell says that nobody should have gun and if they do, they should go to jail.