Posted on 07/05/2022 6:32:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
A red flag law, a waiting period for gun purchases, licensing requirements, and numerous other gun controls did not prevent the July 4, 2022, Highland Park attack.
Mike Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety lists Illinois as the state with the sixth most stringent gun laws in the country.
Moreover, Gabby Giffords gun control group gives Illinois a grade of A- on gun control.
Illinois has a red flag law, a waiting period for gun purchases, gun owner licensing, domestic violence gun laws, “open carry regulations,” and numerous other gun controls.
The gun owner licensing is done via Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) cards. Only those with a FOID card can legally buy and possess a gun in Illinois and the process for acquiring a FOID card includes a background check.
The Illinois State Police listed the process for buying a gun in Illinois:
• Buyer must possess a valid FOID card.
• Buyer must verify local firearm ordinance requirements.
• Buyer must display valid FOID card to FFL prior to handling firearm.
• Buyer must complete Federal Form ATF 4473.
• FFL notifies the Illinois State Police (ISP), Firearms Services Bureau to perform a background check in accordance with state and federal laws.
• FFL receives an “Approval” from ISP to transfer the firearm.
• Buyer must abide by the State of Illinois waiting period before taking possession of the firearm. The waiting period for a long gun is 24 hours and 72 hours for a hand gun.
• Upon taking possession of the firearm, the firearm must be unloaded and enclosed in a case to transport.
Cook County has an “assault weapons” ban that also bans “high-capacity” magazines. In neighboring Lake County, the City of Highland Park has an “assault weapons” ban that also bans “large-capacity” magazines.
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Sooo, how did this punk get the gun??? Inquiring minds want to know.
and he’s one of the people the Democrats want everyone to be Transcrazy
Probably from that “gun buy back” in Dallas? hahahaha
He probably followed the rule of law.....................
Looks like gun control doesn’t work.
How’s Brandon’s new law working? Well, as JohnBoy and Billy say on their radio program...
“Not too gooood...”
It’s not about legal gun ownership. It’s about mental illness in young men that is IGNORED.
That Highland murderer is the definition of a “red flag”. One look at the maggot and you know he isn’t right in the head. Then, he’s a “rapper” at that. TWO HUGE “RED FLAGS”.
“Looks like gun control doesn’t work.”
Obviously, we need more gun control.
(YES, THAT WAS SARCASM.)
If someone in the crowd had been packing, it might have been different.
The best kind of (bad)gun control.
The GOV of NY wants to look at your social media posts before you can get a gun
This guy did indeed have creepy posts
so a “social credit score” is next
Well obviously they need at least a dozen more useless infringements to make this right. Has branDUHn made his 🐂💩🤡 statement yet. Last nerve is getting frayed here these days. If you blame the tool, you are a TOOL!
I doubt it. He was firing from a rooftop and made a getaway before anyone could have figured out where he was shooting from, made their way up, and face to face confronted him.
No, this was an ambush with no way to fire back.
For the galactically stupid: Criminals, by definition, break the law. Do you really think any gun law stops a motivated criminal from obtaining a gun? The only thing any gun law does it make it difficult for law abiding citizens. There should be zero gun laws in the United States. That is what shall not infringe means.
Yes, they are calling for more gun laws.............
My guess...what he really said..."I don't want to get involved."
You don’t understand. His creepy posts would be acceptable to the left.
What the left hates and the Trump loving, flag waving, pro-gun posts. THOSE prove you’re unfit to own a gun.
While we wait for more info., just seeing some pictures, it looks like this little prick has “issues”, that’s for sure.
Has anyone said clearly what kind of gun it was? The only news stories I saw last night said “high-powered rifle,” which is a meaningless term. I’ll bet that if it were an AR-15, they would have said “AR-15” or “assault rifle”.
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