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Evidence was so clear in this case, it should have been clear in the moment this individual should have been prevented from purchasing firearms. trey: yet, he lawfully purchased a firearm, i mean the police took his knives , that is good, they allowed him to purchase a firearm. i think illinois has a red flag law. >> they do. this is year an example where you can't blame the law but people that prevented that law from being applied and implemented directly, you could go down the list, the family bears some responsibility, appears they were not cooperative with law enforcement when law enforcem...

Evidence was so clear in this case, it should have been clear in the moment this individual should have been prevented from purchasing firearms. trey: yet, he lawfully purchased a firearm, i mean the police took his knives , that is good, they allowed him to purchase a firearm. i think illinois has a red flag law. >> they do. this is year an example where you can't blame the law but people that prevented that law from being applied and implemented directly, you could go down the list, the family bears some responsibility, appears they were not cooperative with law enforcement when law enforcem...

Evidence was so clear in this case, it should have been clear in the moment this individual should have been prevented from purchasing firearms. trey: yet, he lawfully purchased a firearm, i mean the police took his knives , that is good, they allowed him to purchase a firearm. i think illinois has a red flag law. >> they do. this is year an example where you can't blame the law but people that prevented that law from being applied and implemented directly, you could go down the list, the family bears some responsibility, appears they were not cooperative with law enforcement when law enforcem...

Ago. is there a way for us to get ahead of these things? >> i think that's exactly what these red flag laws are designed to do. not all the states have it, but i took the time to look up the illinois red flag law, and a family member can apply for it. a law enforcement officer can apply for it. it seems to me there were enough facts and circumstances here that would have warranted that in 2019. the question is whether it would have endured through 2022. but all the indicators were there. he doesn't have to own firearms. the law allows them to prevent him from purchasing firearms or to take awa...

Illinois red flag law, and a family member can apply for it. a law enforcement officer can apply for it. it seems to me there were enough facts and circumstances here that would have warranted that in 2019. the question is whether it would have endured through 2022. but all the indicators were there. he doesn't have to own firearms. the law allows them to prevent him from purchasing firearms or to take away a firearms permit if he has one. so i don't -- you know, i don't see how the red flag law here would not have applied. i think this was a set of circumstances where you could have very much...