They did this near me too after the Highland Park shooting. In this instance, the father sponsored his kids application for an AR15. The son had made repeated threats to commit mass murder that the father knew about.
He reached a plea agreement. I know legal folks were not sure if they could get a conviction on the more serious charges. Kind of new territory here.
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The guy is a huge piece of shit who wore a shirt to court that said "Political Pawn". He was known prior in the neighborhood for trying to run for Mayor as a MAGA candidate and blaming his failing business on everyone else. He filed for bankruptcy so he won't have to pay out civil suits. Hopefully he gets sideswiped by a semi.