Arson...a felony charge would have denied him the ability to buy a gun.
Then, of course, there is the failure of the psych system to formally identify him as a violent person.
Don’t blame the Virginia gun laws when the failure to abort this nut case belongs to others.
BINGO !
restraining orders would do it?
if that is true then it appears 2 young girls dropped the ball.
It’s a tough call.
Sometimes filing an order enrages the stalker and provokes him to action.
But in this case it may have prevented him from passing the background check?