Because of his criminal record roof would not have been able to buy a gun from a store.
Why was dylann roof allowed to purchase guns.
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.
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.
Chuck burton ap the south carolina.
Agents a failure by local prosecutors to.
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.
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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.
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.