Why Was Dylann Roof Allowed To Purchase Guns

State of south carolina.
Why was dylann roof allowed to purchase guns. Chuck burton ap the south carolina. 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. 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. Agents a failure by local prosecutors to.
A simple failure to share an arrest report with federal authorities allowed dylann roof to buy the gun he allegedly used to kill nine people in a charleston south carolina church last month. Pinckney and injured. Paperwork delays are being blamed in allowing 21 year old dylann roof to purchase the firearm used to carry out the june 17 shooting spree in charleston s c. 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.
Because of his criminal record roof would not have been able to buy a gun from a store.