Highland shooting sparks outrage over gun law loopholes that let suspect slip through

Illinois's red flag' law could have disqualified shooter from legally obtaining guns but he was still able to purchase five firearms

Legislators and activists have derided the weakness of US gun control laws following the Fourth of July mass shooting in which the alleged gunman was allowed to legally purchase weapons despite multiple alarming prior encounters with law enforcement.

On Monday, seven people were killed and more than 30 wounded in Highland Park, an affluent, mostly white Chicago suburb, after the suspect allegedly fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop.