A Tribune study found that one red flag tool, so-called clear and present danger reports, have doubled since last July 4. More than 11,800 reports were made to the Illinois State Police, which can deny firearm owner’s ID cards.
A display case at Accuracy Firearms on Jan. 26, 2023, in Effingham, Illinois, holds an assortment of rifles that cannot be sold to customers because of recent state firearms legislation that bans the sale and distribution of assault-style weapons.
Multiple lawsuits are challenging the constitutional standing of the law, but the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the law to remain in effect while the challenges work their way through the lower state and federal courts. With the assault weapon restrictions caught up in the courts, second-order responses to the scourge of gun violence in Illinois have taken on added importance.
With the future of Illinois’ assault weapons ban so uncertain, the state’s red flag laws represent a slender but reliable defense for a public alarmed by easy access to high-powered military-style weapons and the dangers they pose to safety.
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