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Officials reviewing whether Texas gunman bought firearms legally

By Jamie McIntyre

Published November 6, 2017 7:04pm ET

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Officials reviewing whether Texas gunman bought firearms legally — Federal authorities are still looking to officially confirm whether Devin Patrick Kelley's 2012 court-martial and 2014 bad conduct discharge from the Air Force were sufficient grounds to bar him from purchasing the three guns recovered from his vehicle. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) | Eric Gay

The gunman in Sunday’s Texas church massacre was convicted in a military court for abusing his wife and daughter, and served a year behind bars.

That should have been enough to prevent him from legally buying or possessing firearms under a 1997 federal law, known as “the Lautenberg Amendment,” which bars access to guns for anyone convicted of a crime of domestic violence, according to some legal experts.

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