After the Charleston Church shooting , FBI Director James Comey apologized for " lapses in the FBI ’s background-check system " , saying that " An error on our part is connected to this guy ’s purchase of a gun " . Dylan Roof 's conviction for unlawfully possessing Suboxone without a prescription a month prior to his purchasing a firearm would have disqualified him as a prohibited person under the Gun Control Act of 1968
Charleston Church shooting
Charleston church shooting
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