South carolina is one of 40 states.
How did dylan roof get a gun.
His car had a confederate states of america plate on its front and a 45 caliber handgun inside the gun he got with birthday money from his parents.
Records show he was arrested and charged with felony drug possession earlier this year.
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.
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.
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.
According to federal gun laws roof should not have been able to purchase a gun.
According to his uncle roof received a 45 caliber pistol from his father in april for his birthday reuters reports.
Federal gun laws prohibit.
Dylann roof bought the semiautomatic handgun he used in last week s church shooting at a gun store 25 miles from his home according to officials familiar with the sale.
Charleston church shooter dylann roof was reportedly taken to burger king after he was arrested for murdering nine people.
But roof didn t need to go to a dealership.
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.
Agents a failure by local prosecutors to.