Dylann Roof Illegally Obtained the Gun He Used — The FBI Just Announced Who Allowed That to Happen
South Carolina,Gun Control And Gun Rights
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Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who massacred nine black Christians at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, used an illegally purchased firearm to conduct his terrorist act. Now, it appears that the federal government failed to flag him.
FBI Director James Comey met with a group of reporters at the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he revealed the reason Roof was able to purchase a firearm.
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