[20150713]IN10314_南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿市如果不是因为可能的记录疏忽枪击案凶手可能被拒绝携带手枪.pdf

CRS InsightsCharleston, SC, Mass Shooter Might Have Been Denied a Handgun If Not for Possible Recordkeeping OversightsWilliam J. Krouse, Specialist in Domestic Security and Crime Policy (wkrousecrs.loc.gov, 7-2225)July 13, 2015 (IN10314)Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey announced on Friday, July 10, 2015, that the alleged assailant in the Charleston, SC, mass murder/shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church might have been prevented from acquiring a handgun if not for possible recordkeeping oversights on the part of the FBI and Columbia, SC, city police and county sheriffs departments. Director Comey has ordered an internal FBI review of this matter within 30 days. The Directors statement is available at the FBI website.According to numerous press accounts, at the end of February 2015, the Columbia, SC, Police Department responded to complaints that the alleged assailant was behaving oddly at a Columbia shopping mall. He was found to be in possession of a controlled substance (Suboxone) and was arrested. His arrest record was accessible through an FBI-administered computer network known as the Interstate Identification Index (III), or Tripl