How Did Dillon Roof Get His Gun

South carolina is one of 40 states that do not require background checks for.

How did dillon roof get his gun. Dylann roof 21 was apprehended by shelby police on thursday. 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. 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. Jul 17 2015 at 12 55 pm.

According to his uncle roof received a 45 caliber pistol from his father in april for his birthday reuters reports. Dylann roof was apprehended between 10 and 11 am on 18 june 2015 and the circumstances under which he was provided with food from burger king prior to his arraignment were not entirely clear. By the editorial board. By elisha fieldstadt 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.

Roof personally purchased the gun used in the shooting from a retail gun store in west columbia using money given to him on his birthday. Agents a failure by local prosecutors to. A judge ruled thursday that roof accused of. Cnn and the new york times have both reported that roof bought the gun himself at a store in charleston.

He has been charged with nine counts of murder in a mass shooting inside the emanuel african methodist episcopal church in charleston south carolina last wednesday. How dylann roof got his gun. Police department roof s black hyundai can be seen coming to a stop at the side of a road as multiple police cars converge. Dylann roof appears at a court hearing in charleston s c on july 16.