Illinois’ Firearms Restraining Order law was signed into law by former Gov. Bruce Rauner in July 2018. State Rep. Dan Brady, R-Bloomington, supported the bill. Other local lawmakers opposed it, including Rep. Keith Sommer and Sens. Jason Barickman, Bill Brady, and Chapin Rose.
The “red flag” law went into effect Jan. 1. Now a 74-year old Normal man is having to hand over his guns due to hallucinations the man may have had after taking medications during and incident in March in which police were called and the man told them he“would defend himself if he had to,” as first reported by our local public radio station.
This new law allows police or concerned relatives to ask a judge to take away a person’s guns and Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card for up to six months. The plaintiff must show “clear and convincing evidence” that the person poses “a significant danger of personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm.”
The public radio station reports the man called officers to his home on a report of people banging on his fence. When officers arrived, there was no evidence of such a disturbance. The man then told police that his medications may have caused his to hallucinate.
Source: WGLT
