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Omar Mateen was licensed by the state to carry a gun as part of.his job as a security officer, but as Mike Vasilinda tells us, records relating to that license are being kept secret tonight.

Florida law requires security guards who are armed to first pass a psychological evaluation. But KC Poulin, who runs a St. Pete based company that helps protect power plants and corporate executives says the evaluation has limited shelf life.

“The reality the screening is only good at the time of the screening.”

Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam is in charge of security guard licensing. He says nothing in Mateen’s record disqualified him from receiving the license

“He was fingerprinted. he successfully completed the application, had a criminal background check” says Putnam.

The shooter has been licensed to carry a gun as a security officer since 2007.

To carry a gun, Omar Mateen underwent 20 hours of classroom training and 8 hours on a gun range.His license renewed every  other year until most recently in 2015. The law would have allowed the state to Quote:Conduct such other investigations as the department may deem necessary. We asked  if it did investigate after the killer became known to the FBI.

“And any communications between us and the FBI are best left to the FBI to comment on” Putnam responded.

And the records of Mateen’s license…which were easily obtainable before the shootings are now being kept secret.

“There is information in those records which is relevant to the ongoing investigation” says Putnam.

The Agriculture commissioner calls the records “data rich.”

The same laws that allowed Mateen to become a security guard also allowed him to buy a gun. Putnam says he waited the required three days while a background check was conducted.