Why Was Dylann Roof Allowed To Purchase Guns

Chuck burton ap the south carolina.

Why was dylann roof allowed to purchase guns.

Comey said flaws in paperwork and communication between a federal background check worker and state law enforcement allowed dylann roof to buy a handgun in south carolina on april 16 weeks before. During a bible study at emanuel african methodist episcopal church roof killed nine people all african americans including senior pastor and state senator clementa c. Dylann storm roof born april 3 1994 is an american white supremacist and mass murderer convicted for perpetrating the charleston church shooting on june 17 2015 in the u s. State of south carolina.

The claim that roof was legally disqualified from buying a gun is based on a provision of federal law that prohibits selling a firearm to someone who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any. Because of his criminal record roof would not have been able to buy a gun from a store. Agents a failure by local prosecutors to. A jailhouse clerical blunder was one of several oversights that permitted dylann roof to buy the weapon he used to gun down nine people in a south carolina church last month authorities said.

Despite having previously admitted to drug possession the man dylann roof 21 was allowed to buy the 45 caliber handgun because of mistakes by f b i.