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How effective are red-flag laws?
That was the question former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, now a CNN analyst, posed on Tuesday after law enforcement disclosed two incidents that could have barred the suspected perpetrator of the Highland Park massacre from obtaining firearms. What did McCabe say?
Speaking with CNN anchor John Berman, McCabe questioned the efficacy of red-flag laws because, in the case of Highland Park, such laws failed, once again, to thwart a mass killing.
“The heart of what we have been talking about a lot lately [is] these red-flag laws,” McCabe said. “So, you know, [there] has been a lot of excitement over the fact that the recent national legislation provides incentive to the states to institute red-flag laws.
“If we have yet another situation where we have a mass shooter who is putting out plenty of signals that possibly his network of associates and family knew about, but yet no word was a ever passed on to law enforcement, really calls into question how effective can these red flag laws possibly be,” he added. u201cAndy McCabe: Chicago killer was “putting out plenty of signals that possibly his network of associates & family knew about, but yet no word was ever passed on to law enforcement — really calls into question how effective can these red flag laws possibly be.u201du201d — Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott) 1657041659 Red-flag laws enable courts to temporarily confiscate firearms from individuals and prohibit them from possessing firearms if a court agrees they pose a significant threat against themselves or others.
Illinois has a red-flag law on the books . However, the suspected perpetrator was never barred from owning firearms despite two incidents in 2019 — an attempted suicide and a threat against his family to “kill everyone” — and other suspicious activity.
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