Posted June 15, 2018 1:49 pm by Comments

By John Falkenberg

NASHVILLE, TN — A Nashville man was denied a firearm purchase because he sparked a few red flags on Tennessee’s background check, according to WZTV.

That banned sale prevented him from buying a gun, but didn’t stop him from killing his former boss with a hatchet.

As WZTV reports:

Four days before Metro Nashville Police say Domenic Micheli killed his former boss at a Belle Meade fitness gym last week, he tried to buy a gun from a dealer. However, his attempt was rebuffed when red flags came up in his background check. An arrest by Secret Service at the White House just weeks earlier triggered prosecution and a mental health check via court order.

“Just because you come in and want to buy a gun, does that mean I need to sell it to you? No,” said Buford Tune, former metro police officer and gun dealer. “If you come in and you’re acting funny, hit the door. I don’t have to sell you nothing.”

Tune admitted that the background check system in Tennessee is far from perfect, but it can save lives when it works.

Except, you know, someone still died.

Admittedly, someone who is homicidally dangerous is definitely cut down, no …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation

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