Multiple murderer Crimo had been investigated for threats to murder people and had multiple weapons confiscated from him. He couldn’t be arrested because there was no written complaint. But even after that incident he was able to buy multiple guns legally. The red flag provision of the recent meaningless federal gun law only encourages and enables states to confiscate guns or prevent dangerous people from buying guns. It doesn’t compel them to do so.
Why? Because the states have ultimate say regarding allowing someone to own guns. And even if one state does the right thing, you only need one other state to be run by supporters of ammophilics. People are not stopped and searched for guns at state borders, nor should they need to be.
This whole situation is fucked up in the highest.
The US has a murder culture and not enough courage or intelligence to even admit that and fix it. Handwaving is all that is offered.
The US is broken and will probably stay that way.
From CNN:
(https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/05/us/robert-e-crimo-highland-park-suspect/index.html)
Police took knives from home after Crimo said he would kill people
In September 2019, Highland Park Police went to Crimo’s home after a family member reported that he had said he was going to kill everyone, according to Covelli.
“The threat was directed at family inside of the home,” he said.
Police confiscated a collection of bladed items — 16 knives, a dagger and a sword — but made no arrests because there were no signed complaints against Crimo. Highland Park Police did notify state police about the visit. Involuntary commitment wasn’t an option, Covelli said.
State Police Master Sgt. Delilah Garcia said they looked at whether Crimo had a firearm owner’s identification card that should have been revoked, but he had no card.