Near a year after the deadly mass shooting at Highland Park's Independence Day parade, the question that still haunts law enforcement is: should red flag laws have prevented the attack?
Could Illinois red flag laws have prevented the Highland Park parade mass shooting by keeping Robert Crimo III from buying guns due to past behavior?Near a year after the deadly mass shooting at Highland Park's Independence Day parade, the question that still haunts law enforcement is: should red flag laws have intercepted the attacker because of past behavior?
"The family did not take that step," Kelly said. "They did not use the firearms restraining order and when local law enforcement interacted with them, they gave contradictory information such that they held out that this individual was not a threat.
"In almost every case, the police come to us with information and they're either asking for the firearm restraining order or we will suggest it to them," said DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin. "They have already spoken to family members the petitioner, they'll bring the information to us and then we'll move forward."READ MORE:"We have saved lives. We've done over 95 petitions that have been granted.
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