Per Fox News (Harris Faulkner is much prettier than shep!)...
A felony arrest the previous Spring (winter?), should have kept the little maniac from making the purchase. Mumble mumble data entry error...mumble mumble not sure where the issue occurred.
Of note, a review of NICS databases and checks is planned. If chicanery was to be ... ‘chicaned’ a tinfoil hat observation would have the holders of that data calling a halt to checks until the process could be thoroughly evaluated and overhauled.
Just a tinfoil observation.
KYPD
A misdemeanor drug arrest is not enough to disqualify a person on a 4473, from what I know. The FBI director seems to be trying to expand the definition of "prohibited person" on his own.