Frivolous Lawfare against FFL in Lake County, Illinois Part 2
- Sigiloso1776
- Aug 4
- 1 min read
Last week we published an article about a privately owned FFL being targeted by Everytown, Giffords and others in regards to a legally transferred AR-15 to the Highland Park parade shooter. The transfer was done way in advance to the shooting (years) and the shooter passed all the background checks and such as required by Illinois and Federal law. That story and the insanity (reaching) of the lawsuit is found here:
Interestingly enough, the anti-gun mayor of Highland Park, Nancy Rotering (and darling of groups like Everytown) testified before the US Senate Judiciary Communitiy when they were debating the 2022 Safer Communities Act a few weeks after the shooting, and what she said was interesting:
Well, isn’t that interesting. She admits it was “legally obtained”, which means:
How do you legally obtain a firearm from a FFL? In Illinois, it takes the purchaser 2 steps. One, present the FFL with a valid FOID card so they can run a check with the state police, and 2, the purchaser needs to fill out a 4473:
Only after both checks (FOID and 4473) are done can the FFL legally transfer the firearm (after a 72hr waiting period in IL) to the purchaser. If anything came up in either check that barred the purchaser from legally acquiring the firearm, then the FFL would cancel the transaction. So, thank you, Mayor Rotering, for acknowledging that Red Dot Arms didn’t do anything wrong and followed the law.
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