stepson, but it appears that the air force never communicated that information to the civilian authorities. he s never entered into what is known as the national criminal information database. when he went to buy weapons, he wouldn t have popped up in the regular fbi background checks as someone with that kind of criminal record would have. the air force is now saying that they re going to carry out investigation into what went wrong, along with the pentagon. thanks for that. the. arizona senator john mccain promising rigorous oversight by the armed services committee as the military investigates what led to the air force s failure to relay his conviction to yilian law enforcement. we re also learning the gunman originally faced fult pl weapons charges in a 2012 court-martial, including pointing a loaded firearm at his wife. he was also arrested on animal cruelty charges in colorado after witnesses reported he