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In reply to the discussion: The Navy and the FBI fucked up [View all]Nay
(12,051 posts)never charged or convicted of either of those weapons violations, so the investigator did not have that to hold against him. However, the shooter DID have a general discharge from the Navy, not an honorable discharge, which should have disqualified him right there because a general usually means mental issues, violence issues or quasi-criminal issues while in service. At the very least, a simple talk with his last commanding officer would have revealed the mental/anger management issues he seems to have had.
I suspect they didn't do much of an investigation, if the contracting organization is the one who certified he had had a 'background investigation' done. A real background, as done by the feds, would have turned up all this shit and he would never have been hired.