The Latest: Store manager details church shooters gun buy

[jpak]

Source: Washington Post

The manager of a store that sold a handgun to the man accused of killing nine people at a South Carolina church says a typical background check was done on the buyer.

Ronnie Thrailkill (THRELL-kell) testified Monday that Dylann Roof filled out the paperwork required by federal law when he came into Shooter’s Choice in April 2015.

Roof had been arrested for drugs two months earlier, but Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon told The Associated Press that a jail clerk entered incorrect information that wasn’t ever fixed in a state database.

When Roof sought to buy the gun, an FBI examiner spotted the arrest, but called the wrong agency to get his record. Without the necessary documents, the purchase had to go through after three days as is federally required.

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[Thinkingabout]

1. The time limit needs to be set until a complete investigation is complete, it can be

a matter if life and death.

[melm00se]

2. No chance of seeing

that abused?

[bettyellen]

4. I think the gun lobby is powerful enough to make sure checks happen quickly.

They've done a damn good job so far.

[SoCalMusicLover]

5. Gun Logic

The loss of some lives here and there, is the sacrifice we must make for the right of everyone to have easy and fast access to Any firearm they choose.

[bettyellen]

6. Everyone else had to wait in line for SS cards and other paperwork but OMG guns are needed NOW!!

And they don't even get how scary that notion is.
No one should be in a desperate hurry to have a gun.

[hack89]

9. That is not the issue

There are plenty of example of law enforcement that don't support private ownership of guns. That is why it can't be open ended- it will be abused. A week is a reasonable period.

[hack89]

3. It cannot be open ended

that is an invitation for government abuse.

[Thinkingabout]

7. In the case of the Charleston shooter nine people died, that is abuse.

[hack89]

8. So extend the period

Not complicated. 10 days max. That is plenty of time

[Thinkingabout]

10. How many gun buyers have died as result of waiting for a background check?

[ManiacJoe]

11. That number does exist if you are willing to put the effort into it to find it.

How big does the number need to be before you admit it is too big?

[Thinkingabout]

17. I searched and did not find where therewas any death due to waiting for background check to be

complete. Glad to entertain any information you can link which has this information.

[hack89]

13. How many LEO's have ever violated American's civil rights?

You cannot trust LEO to not take advantage of an open ended period to ensure people cannot get guns. The history is there.

The problem here is not gun owners - it is the government. Fix the government's problem. Not complicated.

[Yo_Mama]

14. That won't fly because none of them might be ever completed.

Or the system could be misused by completing some rather than others.

[ManiacJoe]

12. The background checks are only as good as the data entered into the system.

We still have states not entering all their data, if I remember correctly.

[rockfordfile]

15. A gun culture boosted by the NRA.

A racist pos murder just like Zimmerman uses a gun to solve "their problems".

[Corey_Baker08]

16. So Couldn't The Families Sue The Law Enforcement Agencies That Dropped The Ball?

Seems like if it wasnt for their screw upS he wouldnt have been able to buy that gun...