SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY-TV) — As the city of Southport continues to recover from Saturday night’s mass shooting, questions are emerging about how the suspect, Nigel Edge, was able to have a gun despite a documented history of mental illness.
Dorothy Royal, manager at the Surf City Guns and Ammo said customers fill out a federal form prior to purchasing a firearm. Two questions specifically address mental health.
One asks if the buyer has ever been a “adjudicated mentally ill” meaning if a court has found them to be a danger to themselves or others. The second asks if they have ever been committed to a treatment facility by a court…