{"id":1540444,"date":"2022-07-05T21:34:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T01:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540444"},"modified":"2022-07-05T21:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T01:34:25","slug":"officials-reveal-how-highland-park-shooter-was-able-to-buy-guns-despite-threatening-to-kill-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-reveal-how-highland-park-shooter-was-able-to-buy-guns-despite-threatening-to-kill-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials Reveal How Highland Park Shooter Was Able To Buy Guns Despite Threatening To \u2018Kill Everyone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fofficials-reveal-how-highland-park-shooter-was-able-to-buy-guns-despite-threatening-to-kill-everyone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540444&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The man accused of shooting dozens of people at a parade in Illinois on Independence Day was able to purchase the firearms used in the attack because his father co-signed his Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, which gun owners must have in that state.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation comes after local law enforcement officials revealed earlier in the day that the suspect had already been on law enforcement\u2019s radar due to a pair of incidents that happened back in 2019, including the suspect attempting suicide followed by an alleged threat to \u201ckill everyone\u201d several months later.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is not naming the suspect due to company policy about not giving notoriety to mass killers because\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/why-daily-wire-will-no-longer-publish-names-or-ben-shapiro\">studies<\/a>\u00a0suggest that the media\u2019s coverage of mass shootings sparks more mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time of the incident, [the suspect] did not have a FOID card to revoke, and did not have a pending FOID application to deny,\u201d Fox 32 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/highland-park-shooting-police-to-provide-update-after-7th-victim-dies-in-parade-shooting\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThen, in December 2019, at 19, [the suspect] applied for a FOID card and was sponsored by his father. At the time, ISP said there were insufficient bases to establish a clear and present danger and deny the application.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man accused of shooting dozens of people at a parade in Illinois on Independence Day was able to purchase the firearms used in the attack because his father co-signed his Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, which gun owners must have in that state. 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