So it turns out that Travis Reinking’s father gave him his guns back after the shooter lost his Illinois gun license:
Reports released by the Tazewell County sheriff’s office show at least three occasions when Reinking’s father, Jeffrey Reinking, took possession of his son’s guns, only to return them to him.
In August 2017, Reinking was arrested by the U.S Secret Service after authorities said he crossed a restricted area near the White House, saying he wanted to meet President Donald Trump. He was not armed during the incident, but the FBI requested that Illinois State Police revoke his firearm owner’s identification card.
Travis Reinking handed over his FOID card to officers and transferred four weapons, along with ammunition, to his father, according to an Illinois State Police Firearm Disposition Record. The weapons were a 9 mm handgun, an AR-15 rifle, a .22-caliber rifle and another rifle.
Aaron said Travis Reinking’s father acknowledged to officials that he gave the weapons back to his son.
The families of the shooting victims need to sue the father and they need to do it loudly. The shooter’s father, Jeffrey Reinking, knew that he was violating the law and he didn’t care because he probably felt like all gun laws are bullshit. There have got to be consequences for this kind of reckless behavior.
So, the victim’s families need to act quickly to freeze the assets of Jeffrey Reinking because he will be at his Attorney’s office this morning figuring out how to get his wealth out of harm’s way. Sometimes the only thing that can frighten people into acting the right way is to threaten their money.