Arrest, then Red Flag, of CCL-holder

[Euler]

CWBChicago said:→

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John Williams, 50, was arrested July 3 in the 4200 block of North Leavitt Street on charges of aggravated battery in a public place and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to court and Chicago Police records. Prosecutors did not seek his detention at that time, and Judge Ankur Srivastava released him with orders to surrender his Firearm Owner's Identification Card and [to] refrain from possessing firearms while his case was pending, court records show.

Three days later, on July 6, a woman filed for a firearm restraining order against Williams in domestic violence court, according to records. The Cook County Sheriff's Office said its Gun Investigation Team executed the order on July 9 in the 4200 block of North Leavitt Street.

During the search, investigators recovered 20 guns, 62 magazines, and more than 2,500 rounds of ammunition, according to the sheriff's office. One of the firearms had been fitted with a switch that made it fully automatic, legally qualifying as a machine gun, officials said.

Williams, whose FOID card and concealed carry license had both been revoked, was taken into custody at the scene and charged with unlawful possession of a machine gun, according to the sheriff's office. Once again, Williams appeared before Judge Srivastava at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse at 26th Street and California Avenue, where the judge ordered him detained pending trial.

So he was arrested for a violent crime, then released and ordered to divest himself of firearms, which he didn't do.

Then he was ordered held after his firearms were seized.

If he is a danger because of his firearms, wouldn't he not be a danger after they were seized?
If he is a danger without his firearms, shouldn't he have been held the first time?

Don't misunderstand me. This guy probably needs to be stored safely and separately from his weapons, but logic seems absent at each step of this case.

[SiliconSorcerer]

Worse is if he was an illegal he would probably still be on the streets.