What’s the point of red flag laws if the government won’t use them? Or even laws that use proper due process? This seems to keep happening in Democratic Party run areas
"relatives had reported he threatened to kill everyone" is apparently insufficient to deny the permit https://t.co/2blN1AXPHg
— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) July 6, 2022
From the link
The Illinois State Police confirmed on Tuesday that the father of the Highland Park parade shooting suspect sponsored his son’s application for a gun permit months after relatives reported that Robert E. Crimo III had threatened to “kill everyone,” and that authorities had “insufficient basis” to deny the application.
The revelation that Crimo, 21, had at least two previous encounters with law enforcement has raised new questions about how he was able to legally purchase his guns and whether more could have been done to prevent the massacre that killed seven people and injured more than 30.
In September 2019, a family member told Highland Park police that Crimo had threatened to “kill everyone,” said Christopher Covelli, a spokesman for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force. Officers visited Crimo’s home and confiscated 16 knives, a dagger and a sword, but made no arrest, Covelli said on Tuesday, because they lacked probable cause. However, they notified Illinois State Police, he said.
And this apparently didn’t make it into the report for when Crimo applied for a gun license.
State police had received a “clear and present danger report” on Crimo after the September incident, but because at the time he did not have a pending application or an active permit, known as a FOID (Firearm Owner’s Identification) card, the agency ruled there was no action it could take. When reviewing Crimo’s application less than six months later, state police officials once again decided there was nothing they could do — this time, the agency said, because Crimo had a sponsor.
Always some excuse. What’s the point of bloviating about wanting red flag laws, universal background checks, etc and so on, getting them in law, and then not using them? And the police continue to make excuses, probably a bit of CYA, well, mostly CYA. Did they consider asking a judge?
At a news conference announcing the initial criminal charges against Crimo, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said Illinois’s red-flag law, which allows loved ones to ask a court to temporarily remove guns from those deemed violent or threatening, is “very powerful.” Yet the law is rarely used.
Interesting, because they use it a lot in Florida, to the point that CNN is happy. Why does Florida have no problem?
An article discussing mass shooters being younger and deadlier…
But still no good answers.
Teach: What’s the point of red flag laws if the government won’t use them? Or even laws that use proper due process? This seems to keep happening in Democratic Party run areas
Mass shooters go to where the people are. Schools, churches, parades, stores, concerts etc.
The last thing the American right wants is government monitoring who wants to buy a gun. Note that authorities tracked down the Highland Park murderer almost immediately based on his AR-15 style rifle serial number.
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