Why Didn’t a ‘Red Flag’ Law Prevent the Illinois Mass Shooting, and Would New Federal Rules Have Mattered?
The mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, poses a familiar question: Why didn’t the state’s “red flag” law, which is designed to disarm people who are deemed a threat to themselves or others, prevent the perpetrator from buying the rifle he used in the attack? The gun control law that […]