Question; NYC bike path killer

[Miigwech]

Did he try to buy guns? Did stricter gun laws in NY and NJ prevent him from purchasing a gun/assault rifle ? If this is found to be true, then many lives were saved including the police officers who wounded the killer. I love the way no one talks about the fact that the killer was in possession of only a paintball gun and BB gun. When the killer jumped out of the truck there were plenty of people around in cars, taxi's and pedestrians he could have shot if he had real guns. This information should be part of the investigation and should be released to the public.

[Lee-Lee]

1. N.J. has barriers to buying a gun but the guy would be able to

N.J. requires a firearms license/ID, but the law says they have to be issued in 30 days and he had been planning it much longer.

I haven’t seen any indication of anything in his background that would have precluded that license being issued.

Reports are he planned the attack for almost a year, so unless there is something we don’t know yet about him there is nothing under N.J. law that would have prevented him from buying a gun and he had more than enough time to jump trough the hoops there (that is just an application and some waiting).