How a man who was discharged from the US Air Force for assaulting his spouse and child was able to purchase the firearms he used to carry out the deadliest shooting rampage in Texas history is just one of many questions facing investigators as they continue to look for answers on Sunday’s church massacre that left 26 people dead.
On Monday the Air Force acknowledged it did not relay the killer’s court martial conviction for domestic assault to civilian law enforcement that could have prevented him purchasing the firearms used in the shooting.
John Lott the President of the Crime Prevention Research Center & author “The War on Guns” and “More Guns, Less Crime” joined Dan Proft and Kristen McQueary with reaction to the mass shooting in Texas: