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Posted on 07/06/2022 1:51:42 PM PDT by jdege
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., July 5 (Reuters) - The man charged with killing seven people at a Chicago-area July Fourth parade slipped past the safeguards of an Illinois "red flag" law designed to prevent people deemed to have violent tendencies from getting guns, officials revealed on Tuesday.
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Sergeant Chris Covelli of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said earlier in the day that Crimo had legally purchased a total of five guns, including the suspected murder weapon, despite having come to law enforcement's attention twice for behavior suggesting he might harm himself or others.
The first instance was an April 2019 emergency-911 call reporting Crimo had attempted suicide, followed in September of that year by a police visit regarding alleged threats "to kill everyone" that he had directed at family members, Covelli said.
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Obviously the only solution is to confiscate all guns. /s
So much for safeguards.
In other words, the much vaunted law does not work.
He-—or “it” slipped by.
But some angry, evil woman will turn in her innocent ex to deliberately get him into legal trouble. Multiplied by thousands of angry women and we have a crisis.
Red flag laws are for persecuting people whom the power structure dislikes for whatever reason. Public safety has nothing to do with it.
“Slipped past,” the euphemism of the day. How about just saying it utterly failed again.
Just like all of the others...
Unfortunately that's the real end goal......
Anyone can turn anyone in...this is the newest SWATting
Rooters Media toadies Brendan O’Brien and Steve Gorman weigh in with the Official BS Narrative...
red flag problems....
I heard they take the weapon, lock it up, the guy has to pay a lawyer and a fee to get it out much later——if getting over all hurdles is completed.
And everyone including employer assumes the guy is guilty and some kind of nutjob. Even if totally innocent.
Elderly cat lady and weird neighbor on either side tell cops “he kept to himself but put up that American flag once in a while.” “Saw his Trump sign just before some teens burned it.” “kept to himself and didn’t go to our block party to raise money for BLM.”
SLIPED?
If an individual has a tattoo on their face, you don’t need red flag laws to discern their character and intent.
Long sideburns, beard and tattooed face - a real "Beauty" to the lefty communist dems.
Based on what I have seen, I am forced to conclude that Red Flag laws are not about preventing lunatics from getting weapons. My own suspicion is that they are for harassing gunowners, especially outspoken conservatives.
That's a feature, not a bug.
IOW, they weren’t doing their jobs?
Shocker.
Why does the media always say he dressed like a woman as a disguise? How do they rule out the explanation that he is transgender?
Highland Park should declare their parades to be gun free zones. That’ll work.
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