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Why red flag laws are no panacea...
[Truth About Guns] That brings us to the case of Brandon Scott Hole. He’s the severely broken individual who murdered eight people at an Indianapolis FedEx facility last week and injured even more before killing himself. Hole was enough of a concern to his family that they contacted local law enforcement last year out of concern that he might commit "suicide by cop."The prosecutor was being cute and this is how it worked out. Not only did local police confiscate Hole’s shotgun last March, but the FBI investigated him to try to determine if he was a threat for terrorist or "hate crime" activity. They found no evidence of that, but the shotgun was never returned to him. So when Hole went on his shooting spree, the question naturally arose...how did he get the gun he used? Wouldn’t he have been prohibited under Indiana’s red flag law? Well, no. That’s not due to a "loophole" in the law, but because the local prosecutor chose not to petition the court within the required 14 days after the shotgun was confiscated. Why? Because, as Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears told reporters, he didn’t want to give the shotgun back. Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-04-22 |
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