On Monday afternoon Ed Henson, the owner of the gun shop where ISIS terrorist Omar Mateen purchased his weapons, held a press conference in Port St. Lucie , Florida where he educated the media on the state’s gun laws. Henson was adamant that politics would not be what he focused on and would only stick to the facts. “An evil person came in here and legally purchased two firearm from us,” he stated, “And if he hadn't gotten them from us, I’m sure he would have gotten them from another local gun store in the area.”

The gun store owner, who is a retired New York City police officer, make it crystal clear that Mateen passed a complete background check conducted by Florida law enforcement and the FBI. Henson also put an end to a false report that seemed to be floating around, “There is no such thing as an abbreviated background check, even though that has been wrongly reported.” And according to Henson his shop has never sold any body armor in its history.

Henson also slowly walked the press through a scenario that demonstrated that even a credentialed police officer needed to go through a process to purchase a firearm in Florida:

If a law enforcement officer walks into this gun store, in full uniform with a firearm on their side, that officer cannot make a purchase on a firearm. If you can believe that. If that officer has a concealed carry permit in addition to his credentials he can make a purchase. There is a full back ground check done on that officer at that time. Hard to believe, but that's the truth. If the officer has no concealed carry permit, that officer has a three-day wait, and that doesn’t include the day he purchased the gun or any holidays or weekends.

To cap off his comments, Henson pleaded with the media to stay focused, keep the facts straight, and keep the victims in their prayers. “I just hope that you do some truthful reporting and get to the facts and stay focused, at least for the incident and say your prayers for the victims. It is horrific and we all feel that same pain.”

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