[CW: Live local coverage ( has graphic images but blurred)]
spoiler
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live/
Possible suspect has been identified.
Suspect fled Brooklyn subway wearing construction vest, gas mask; at least 5 shot, 13 injured
https://twitter.com/1010WINS/status/1513879910783279121
[CW: Racism/Mental Illness] Frank R. James ID’d as person of interest in Brooklyn subway shooting, made threatening online rants
https://nypost.com/2022/04/12/frank-r-james-idd-as-person-of-interest-in-brooklyn-subway-shooting/
Tbh a large fraction of gun-owning reactionaries live in the exurbs, and it would be easier to starve them out with a chokepoint than to actually take the guns by force.
It is easy for these paper tigers to look tough when everything's functioning. But when the power is out and the treats stop flowing and the nearest traversable road is a mile from their house, things will look very different.