Reply #8: I've Posted About This Problem Previously

[KharmaTrain]

...as usual no one pays attention. LOL

I served on a jury involving straw gun purchases in Illinois. I was and still am for greater gun control, but the laws are so porous in this state (and I'm sure in many others) that what the shooter did was very, very legal.

As long as you have a valid FOID card, you can walk into a gun store, show the card and purchase one gun at a time with no questions asked. As long as the FOID card checks out, the store owner doesn't need to notify anyone of the purchase. All the dealer need do is just file the paperwork and that's it. If he were to sell TWO guns or a second gun at that specific store to that specific person, then he'd have to notify the ATF. So he could have gone to various gun shops, purchased an arsenal and it could have easily gone unnoticed.

Also, losing a FOID card is an expos-facto law...how does one know the person has lied or is unfit until AFTER something bad happens? In this sad case, there were few warning signs and I suspect we'll never know what caused him to snap.