{"id":1436274,"date":"2022-04-13T19:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T23:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436274"},"modified":"2022-04-13T19:29:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T23:29:52","slug":"new-york-city-subway-shooting-suspect-bought-handgun-legally-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-subway-shooting-suspect-bought-handgun-legally-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Subway Shooting Suspect Bought Handgun Legally in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-city-subway-shooting-suspect-bought-handgun-legally-in-2011%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436274&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sleepless-New-York-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/nyc-police-search-gunman-brooklyn-subway-shooting\/story?id=84051890\">reports<\/a> that law enforcement sources indicate NYC subway shooting suspect Frank James bought his handgun \u201clegally\u201d in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>James allegedly used a \u201cGlock 9 mm semi-automatic handgun\u201d which he \u201cpurchased legally in 2011 in Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>FOX News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/brooklyn-subway-shooting-suspect-frank-james-purchased-gun-2011-ohio-pawn-shop\">notes<\/a> that the handgun was purchased \u201cat a pawn shop in Columbus,\u00a0Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>A purchase from a pawn shop is considered a retail purchase, and therefore requires a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check to be performed. (All this is implied when law enforcement says a gun was purchased \u201clegally.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Here is a partial list of other high-profile, heinous attacks for which the perpetrators acquired guns legally:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indianapolis FedEx attacker (April 15, 2021)<\/li>\n<li>Atlanta-Area attacker (March 16, 2021)<\/li>\n<li>Parkland high school attacker (February 14, 2018)<\/li>\n<li>Texas church attacker (November 5, 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Las Vegas attacker (October 1, 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Alexandria attacker (June 14, 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Orlando attacker (June 12, 2016)<\/li>\n<li>UCLA gunman (June 1, 2016)<\/li>\n<li>San Bernardino attackers (December 2, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Colorado Springs attacker (October 31, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Umpqua Community College attacker (October 1, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Alison Parker\u2019s attacker (August 26, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Lafayette movie theater attacker (July 23, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Chattanooga attacker (July 16, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal attacker (Jun 17, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Muhammad Cartoon Contest attackers (May 3, 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Las Vegas cop killers (June 9, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Santa Barbara attacker (May 23, 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Fort Hood attacker (April 2, 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Arapahoe High School attacker (December 13, 2013)<\/li>\n<li>D.C. Navy Yard attacker (September 16, 2013)<\/li>\n<li>Aurora movie theater attacker (July 20, 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Gabby Giffords\u2019 attacker (January 8, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Fort Hood attacker (November 5, 2009)<\/li>\n<li>Northern Illinois University attacker (February 14, 2008)<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Tech attacker (April 16, 2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>News that New York City shooting suspect James bought his gun legally came one day after New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/13\/new-york-city-mayor-rallies-behind-ghost-gun-ban-nyc-subway-attack\/\">called for<\/a> a ban on \u201cghost guns\u201d in response to the subway attack.<\/p>\n<p>Banning so-called \u201cghost guns\u201d would not in any way prohibit the legal purchase of a firearm from a pawn shop in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>\u00a0and the writer\/curator of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:\u00a0<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News reports that law enforcement sources indicate NYC subway shooting suspect Frank James bought his handgun \u201clegally\u201d in 2011. 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