FOX: The U.S. Air Force didn’t report Texas church shooter Devin Kelley’s domestic violence conviction to the FBI — even though it was required by the Pentagon — leaving the door open for Kelley to buy weapons, officials said on Monday.
Kelley’s conviction wasn’t submitted to the FBI’s Criminal Justice Investigation Services Division for inclusion in the National Criminal Information Center database that is used to conduct background checks on would-be gun purchasers, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said.
The Holloman Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations — the base where Kelley was stationed — was supposed to enter his information into the database, according to a statement released Monday night by the Air Force.
Kelley, who killed at least 26 people when he opened fire at a church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday, received a bad conduct discharge from the military in 2014 after being court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his wife and reportedly fracturing his stepson’s skull on purpose.
He was convicted on two charges of domestic assault, served 12 months in confinement at the Naval Consolidated Brig in California, and was later given the bad conduct discharge. read more
Yes but even more gun laws will make the government more reliable. SARC
Have to wonder how many others with similar records have slipped through the cracks and not been entered into the NCIC database?
we have plenty of gun laws, too bad the government doesn’t follow them.
as you can see the gunman didn’t follow them either.
after a year of the msm begging some unhinged nut to act the msm then acts surprised when one does.
So why was he refused a carry permit
For as much as I support the military, I continue to be amazed at the actions they take (or don’t take). They continue to drop the ball on a lot of things (like this), or allow idiots like that dipshit commie at West Point to serve. The US military hierarchy is in major disarray, thanks to 8 years of Obamanation, and something needs to be done to correct this stupidity.
Following gun laws is super hard, you guys. But confiscating all the guns and keeping America gun-free would be super easy, so let’s do that.
This is the plan. Create a myriad of gun laws so convoluted that it’s impossible for participating agencies to properly report truly defective people. Then to defend the integrity of the agencies after numerous defective people slip through the system, call for an all out gun ban. They’ll work tirelessly to spotlight individuals within the agencies who are distraught over their inability to follow law because of some arbitrary rule in the agency or law. It will be a, if we could only do this, type of thing that will eventually lead to all out confiscation because too many “flags” got through the system.
So, he wasn’t a criminal after all?
Isn’t killing 26 people a crime? Regardless of the weapon of choice?
The guy was a sick fuck and the Air Force knew he was a sick fuck – he should have been in a nut house.
Oh, but that ain’t PC, is it?
Bruce Jenner and Sarah Silverman are sick fucks, but that’s OK, cuz they’re PC sick fucks, as opposed to wife-beater sick fucks. SHEESH! I’m so confused!
izlamo delenda est …
The federal government has become obsessed with collecting data from the citizenry however they’re still incapable of using the information to stop something like this. However if tax money is owed they have a laser like focus.
sounds like the kind of guy who if could not buy himself, would kill his mama and take hers. what did daddy know and when did he know it.
WOW! It’s (almost) like (a fact that) relying on the infallibility of a list of people that have already been convicted of a (particular) crime, to keep you safe from anyone, ever again, committing that same crime, is STOOPID!
Military too busy with minority victims, political correctness, trannys, commie affirmative action, same sex marriage, and stamping out Christianity?
They screwed the pooch.
All those lives are lost to an inattentive file clerk.
I call for a review of every ‘other than honorable’ discharge from all armed services, with respect to gun ownership.
Anybody who owns a gun who shouldn’t, goes to prison.
Also, why the hell aren’t animal cruelty convictions part of the dis-qualifiers?
@Bad_Brad NOVEMBER 7, 2017 AT 8:42 AM
“So why was he refused a carry permit”
Because the Texas Rangers actually do their job.
Armed citizens ended this sad crime.
Government failures, at multiple levels, bear blame for its occurrence.
The Founding Fathers merely documented our Rights which are “God Given”.
All arguments against those fundamental rights are null.
I’m expecting an Executive Order directing the service heads to review and report all UCMJ actions to NCIC.
I keep saying: We can talk aboutnew gun laws when you start enforcing the ones you already have. ….Lady in Red
The military better track down those responsible and give them a general discharge for the good of the service. It may light a fire under other pencil pushers to do their jobs right.
Sometimes I wonder–was it an oversight or on purpose?