The “Charleston loophole” refers to the situation in which Dylann Roof was able to purchase a gun despite a pending background check because of a delay in its completion. The Federal Bureau of Investigation settled a lawsuit related to this loophole with the families of the victims and survivors of the mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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