How the Highland Park Shooter Legally Bought His Guns

Robert Crimo III, the suspect in the Highland Park shooting, was able to purchase guns legally despite a suicide attempt in April of 2019 and another incident where Highland Park police were called to his family home after he threatened to “kill everyone.”  In 2020 and 2021 he passed four different background checks that cleared him to purchase the firearms after his father co-signed for him.  Monica Eng, reporter at Axios Chicago, joins us for how Crimo legally bought his guns.

Next, as we approach the midterm elections and beyond, a possible shadow race for 2024 that is developing is the back-and-forth between CA Gov. Gavin Newsom and FL Gov. Ron DeSantis.  Newsom just took out a $100,000 ad in Florida taking a shot at Florida’s politics and Republicans are eager to have the fight with him.  Jeremy White, CA politics reporter at Politico, joins us for the growing political ambitions for these two governors.

Finally, with all of our data constantly in jeopardy you might want to consider scrubbing your info from the internet.  Well, the bad news is that you’ll never fully be able to delete everything online, but you can minimize some of it.  More bad news, it is going to take time, money and patience.  Heather Kelly, tech reporter at The Washington Post, joins us for what to know about deleting your data. 

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