July 4 parade shooting suspect slipped past Illinois "red flag" safeguards

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It seems they couldn't stop him from purchasing one without people reporting him. Nobody went through with any of the complaints that were made. Those complaints trigger the 'red flag' process.

Unless someone is willing to file a report giving law enforcement, or the state, something actionable to go on and follow through with it, the state can't show that the guy was a clear and present danger to the public.

Police can't just "know" something, somebody has to present their findings to a court because thanks to the shittiest court in the land saying that owning a firearm in an individual capacity unconnected to state security or militia service is a constitutional right, the state cannot take away his right to own a firearm without due process of law.