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.
Was dylan roof not allowed to own a gun.
As brian doherty noted on friday the fbi has concluded that dylann roof the man charged with murdering nine people at the emanuel ame church in charleston south carolina last month should not.
Paperwork delays are being blamed in allowing 21 year old dylann roof to purchase the firearm used to carry.
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.
Dylann roof shouldn t have been allowed to buy a gun.
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Federally licensed gun dealers are required to run background checks on gun purchasers and roof s pending.
The washington post reported on july 10 2015 that fbi director james comey said that roof was able to purchase the gun used in the attack only because of lapses in the fbi s background check system.
Kris van cleave reports.
Cnn dylann roof the man who allegedly killed nine people in a charleston church last month should not have been able to buy a gun used in the slaughter the fbi has now determined.
Because of his criminal record roof would not have been able to buy a gun from a store.
The fbi says a mistake in the background check process allowed dylann roof the man charged with the charleston church massacre to buy the gun used to murder nine people.
Washington the gunman charged in the charleston church massacre should not been allowed to purchase the weapon used in the attack fbi.