Failure after failure like this and it’s not so difficult these days to actually consider that they’re not ‘failures’.<\/p>\n
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\nWatch for even more revelations and reactions from politicians demanding more gun control laws as this story continues to unfold. While it is clear authorities in Highland Park are focusing on prosecuting Crimo, the gun prohibition lobby has already shown its intent to use this crime to advance its agenda, despite the fact that laws anti-gunners have already pushed into place did not live up to their promise of preventing violent crime.<\/p>\n
True to form, anti-gunners have yet to acknowledge their restrictive gun control measures did not prevent the attack, and they have quickly steered away from that inconvenient truth by demanding more laws.<\/p>\n
World-Class Gun Control Failure: Truth About Highland Park Emerges<\/a><\/p>\n Predictably emerging from the intense investigation into the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois are revelations that laws already in place to prevent such crimes failed miserably, but instead of acknowledging poor enforcement of existing statutes, anti-gun politicians and their far-left supporters simply want to pass more restrictions.<\/p>\n Buried in all the coverage about the Highland Park shooting that so far has claimed seven lives and left dozens more wounded was the acknowledgment by\u00a0USA Today<\/a>\u00a0that the Chicago suburb banned so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d nearly ten years ago and the Supreme Court \u201clater declined to hear an appeal seeking to overturn the ordinance.\u201d<\/p>\n Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering actually signed the gun ban ordinance, the story noted.<\/p>\n Fox News reported that Rotering, appearing on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show stated, \u201cI think at some point the nation needs to have a conversation about these weekly events involving the murder of dozens of people with\u00a0legally-obtained guns<\/a>. If that is what our laws stand for, then I think we need to re-examine the laws.\u201d<\/p>\n However, speaking on\u00a0Fox News<\/a>, former homicide detective and Fox News contributor Ted Williams observed,\u201cLet me say that Illinois has some of the\u00a0most stringent gun laws in this\u00a0country. They have red flag laws.\u00a0They have universal background\u00a0checks\u2026so all of these things were in\u00a0place in some kind of way. Some\u00a0way [somehow], this slipped through the\u00a0cracks.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n The Everytown \u201cVictory Fund\u201d sent an email blast declaring the group \u201cis working to elect candidates across the country who will take on the gun lobby\u2019s extremism and advocate for life-saving gun safety policies. Donate now to help Gun Sense Candidates win at the ballot box this year.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe can pass stronger gun laws and save lives,\u201d said Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts in another email seeking donations. \u201cAnd by electing Gun Sense Candidates at every level of government\u2014school board, city council, state legislatures, and Congress\u2014we can make sure we get action.\u201d<\/p>\n Brady United circulated a poll which doesn\u2019t seem to work unless a donation is made. Brady claims to \u201cknow how to stop mass shootings\u2026We must ban deadly assault weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n The suspect, 21-year-old Robert E. Crimo III apparently had been planning his attack for several weeks, if not longer. He stands charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. Despite past encounters with law enforcement, his name didn\u2019t flag during any of the multiple gun purchases he reportedly completed.<\/p>\n The\u00a0New York Post<\/a>\u00a0reported the suspect purchased the alleged murder weapon, identified as a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 online from a Kentucky retail outlet,\u00a0Buds Gun Shop & Range<\/a>\u00a0in 2020. The rifle was reportedly shipped to Red Dot Arms in Lake Villa, north of Highland Park, only a few miles from the Wisconsin state line.<\/p>\n This is not unusual. Such transactions still involve two licensed firearms dealers and the required paperwork is completed and retained by the receiving firearms dealer, in this case Red Dot. The process is entirely legal.<\/p>\n The\u00a0New York Post<\/a>\u00a0is reporting Crimo also had a Kel Tec SUB 2000 rifle in his car when he drove north to Wisconsin following the shooting. That gun is one of five now held by police in the investigation. The other three firearms seized were identified by the Post as a bolt-action Remington 700, a shotgun and a Glock 43 pistol.<\/p>\n Crimo\u2019s father reportedly sponsored his then-under-21 son\u2019s application for a Firearm Owner\u2019s Identification (FOID) card, although he \u201cknew police had been called to their home twice earlier that same year because his son had threatened to kill himself and the rest of his family,\u201d according to\u00a0Fox News<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Fox story noted, \u201cIn April 2019, an individual contacted the Highland Park Police Department a week after learning of Crimo\u2019s attempted suicide, Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said Tuesday\u2026It was a delayed report, so police responded to the residence a week later and spoke with Crimo and his parents.\u00a0Mental health professionals<\/a>\u00a0handled the matter with no further law enforcement action.<\/p>\n \u201cMonths later in September 2019,\u201d the narrative added, \u201ca family member reported that Crimo had a collection of knives and said he was \u201cgoing to kill everyone. Police responded to the residence and removed 16 knives, a dagger and sword from his home. At that time, there was no probable cause to arrest, and no complaints were signed by any of the victims, Covelli said.\u201d<\/p>\n This is not evidence a new law is necessary, but proof the existing law failed, or maybe not. As explained by an attorney to Fox, since Crimo was never charged with a crime, his name was not entered into a database used for background checks.<\/p>\n This, and the ability to purchase firearms in one state to be shipped to a local licensed firearms retailer for final paperwork, may wind up being the next target for gun prohibitionists.<\/p>\n For example, Congressman Sean Casten (D-IL) said on Twitter, \u201cThis is the world the NRA, the\u00a0@GOP<\/a>\u00a0and SCOTUS have created. We don\u2019t have to live like this. But they all have blood on their hands for making this our July 4th reality.\u201d<\/p>\nThe attack has also been exploited by gun prohibition lobbying groups.<\/h3>\n
The fact Crimo has reportedly confessed hasn\u2019t stopped anti-gun politicians looking to score points by pointing fingers of blame elsewhere, particularly at the National Rifle Association.<\/h3>\n