Sutherland Springs Killer Far From Only One Air Force Failed To Enter Into NICS

By Tom Knighton

The United States Air Force admits they dropped the ball on the Sutherland Springs killer. This isn’t a point of contention, and it’s not something that anyone can justify. Not really. There’s a reason they’re being sued.

However, it now looks like he may not be the only one who slipped through the system.

Dozens of Air Force service members charged with or convicted of serious crimes were never reported to the federal gun background-check database as required, Air Force officials said on Tuesday.

The revelation came after the Air Force disclosed that it had failed to report the domestic violence conviction of [the killer], the gunman who opened fire at a church in Texas this month. Under federal law, [his] court-martial conviction for domestic assault should have prevented him from purchasing at a gun store the rifle he used in the attack, as well as other guns he acquired over the past four years.

After the Air Force admitted on Nov. 6 that officials at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico had failed to report the results of Mr. [his] court-martial to the federal background database, it began an investigation into how many …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms