Chicago is one of the nation's gun violence hotspots and a seemingly ideal place to employ Illinois' "red flag" law that allows police to step in and take firearms away from people who threaten to kill. But amid more than 8,500 shootings resulting in 1,800 deaths since 2020, the law was used there just four times.
The *red flag* laws apply to *legal* gun owners, whom the state already know possess guns because of the FOID law…
The vast majority of shootings are done by people illegally possessing guns, those without the *mandatory* FOID card…
So, how can they use the *red flag* law, when they don’t know they possess the guns…?
Just another virtue signaling law by progressives, to show that they are*doing something*…
And of course to target legal gun owners they wish to silence…
debtsor
3 years ago
Do red flag laws apply to rappers who threaten to shoot up their rivals on Facebook? Stopping these kinds of shootings would do more to reduce ‘gun violence’ than any assault weapons ban.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The *red flag* laws apply to *legal* gun owners, whom the state already know possess guns because of the FOID law…
The vast majority of shootings are done by people illegally possessing guns, those without the *mandatory* FOID card…
So, how can they use the *red flag* law, when they don’t know they possess the guns…?
Just another virtue signaling law by progressives, to show that they are*doing something*…
And of course to target legal gun owners they wish to silence…
Do red flag laws apply to rappers who threaten to shoot up their rivals on Facebook? Stopping these kinds of shootings would do more to reduce ‘gun violence’ than any assault weapons ban.
Remember to save those wrappers!