Good to see an article pointing out a NICS error and not "lax gun laws" outed as the failure in the Charleston shooting and President Obama's jump to blade us instead of their own system focused on.
http://news.yahoo.com/fbis-dylann-roof-gun-snafu-hurts-obamas-gun-170916362.html
After the killing of nine churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., President Obama urged a ‘greater sense of urgency’ on gun control. But an FBI mistake – not weak laws – allowed alleged shooter Dylann Roof to buy a gun.
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According to Mr. Comey, a senior examiner started working on Roof’s application on April 13, digging into the details of a drug arrest from earlier this year, which had the potential for disqualifying the application. But, being unfamiliar with South Carolina geography, she contacted the wrong law enforcement jurisdiction, which said it had no details on the arrest. A federal law allows the FBI three days to do a background check before either approving it or giving gun stores the discretion to sell the gun anyway.
By the end of that week, Roof had his murder weapon in hand.
For some commentators, the question now is whether a new focus on background checks and the FBI’s admission that it flubbed Roof’s application will affect public opinion over gun controls
http://news.yahoo.com/fbis-dylann-roof-gun-snafu-hurts-obamas-gun-170916362.html