The police specifically told him that he could not return the weapons to his son, and he said he understood and agreed.
Yep....horrible the man should face charges.
As much as we revere our right to own firearms, we need to recognize that there are some people who are simply not fit to do so. And in the case of the mentally ill, yes, it needs to be a crime to give them guns when told not to.
So? A cop can't instruct you to do anything that's not required by law. The article says there is no Illinois law the transfer violated. A review of the Federal statute does not indicate that it was violated either. I'd love to see this dad charged but I don't know of any crime to charge him with.
Despite the legalities, it was just a damned irresponsible thing to do. We all pay the price for that small minority of gun owners who are totally irresponsible.
“The police specifically told him that he could not return the weapons to his son, and he said he understood and agreed.”
First of all why did they give them to the father? What if the guy didn’t have a parent, what would they do then?
Second of all, the son is so nuts that the parents called the cops on him themselves a couple of times, so why, WHY would the father think his son should have the guns back?
I mean this guy thought Taylor Swift (or some one like that) was stalking him, so he is truly off his rocker.
Now innocent people are dead because you can’t lock crazy people up any more. That needs to change. Sorry.