Father of Charleston terrorist Dylann Roof gave him a gun

[cronus]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/father- ... -birthday/

Father of Charleston terrorist Dylann Roof gave him a gun for his 21st birthday

The man suspected of fatally shooting nine people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday, was given a gun by his father as a 21st birthday present in April, his uncle told Reuters on Thursday.

Law enforcement officers were at the home of Dylann Roof’s mother on Thursday morning, the uncle, Carson Cowles, said in an interview.

The FBI has identified the gunman in the deadly shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church as 21-year-old Dylann Roof, the Charleston Post and Courier newspaper said on its website.

Cowles said he recognized Roof in a photo released by police, and described him as quiet and soft-spoken. Roof’s father gave him a .45-caliber pistol for his birthday this year, Cowles said.

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[Svartalf]

If my dad gave me a gun, I'd treasure it and use it only in good sooth, not for a racist crime

[cronus]

Think what might have happened if he'd bought him a book on chess?

[Svartalf]

Unless you can prove he used the gift for his crime, I'm gonna discount you.... criminals are gonna get guns anyway

[cronus]

Unless you can prove he used the gift for his crime, I'm gonna discount you.... criminals are gonna get guns anyway

In America, the deep south, guns for birthdays happen all the time. Why did his father leave it so long? Most kids get their first gun at three.

[Svartalf]

well, it was a coming of age gift, it's a lot more meaningful than just any gun you get at 3.

It's really interesting that on another forum I'm on, peopled mostly by Merkins, the very notion of people having guns is just a given, not a point for debate

[mistermack]

Seems a bit unambitious to only kill nine.
Aren't the nutters in the US interested in records any more?

[Svartalf]

that guy is a racist nut, who knows what he thinks or what he's interested in, he even let some victims live to tell the tale, maybe he planned more attacks, maybe he's just not even organized enough for that...

[JimC]

He was just jealous of all the shooting of black people that US policemen do...

[Hermit]

In America, the deep south, guns for birthdays happen all the time. Why did his father leave it so long? Most kids get their first gun at three.

The article does not say that the murderer did not get other guns as presents. It only says that he used the gun he was given on his 21st birthday for his contribution to whiteness and white Christianity.