纽约地铁枪击案致29人受伤，美媒：枪支暴力是美国独有的悲剧
New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance of a subway station in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., April 12, 2022. /CFP
当地时间12日早晨，美国纽约市布鲁克林区一地铁站高峰时段发生枪击事件。
一名戴着防毒面具、身穿施工背心的持枪人在布鲁克林地区一辆高峰时段的地铁上引爆了烟雾弹，并连续发射了至少33发子弹，至少击中了10人。
据纽约警方透露，伤者中除中弹受伤外，还有人是由于吸入烟雾以及在混乱中遭踩踏挤压等原因而受伤。
嫌疑人开枪后逃离了现场，目前仍然在逃。警方表示，尚不清楚其作案动机，但基本排除恐怖主义犯罪可能。
美国联邦调查局(FBI)与纽约警察局已就此案展开合作调查，纽约警方表示，已锁定了布鲁克林地铁枪击案的嫌疑人。此人名叫弗兰克•詹姆斯，今年62岁，在威斯康星州和费城均注册过住址。警方称，詹姆斯在费城租赁了一辆货车，该货车被证明与枪击案有关。
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At least 29 people were injured on April 12 after a man wearing a gas mask and armed with smoke grenades and a gun opened fired on a New York subway car, according to Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, who named Frank R. James as a person of interest.
The incident took place at 8:24 a.m. when a man set off two smoke bombs that dispensed smoke throughout the subway car and fired 33 shots.
Police later recovered a Glock 17 nine-millimeter handgun, three additional ammunition magazines and a hatchet from the scene.
Motive of the suspect, who remains at large, is unclear.
CNN：“一个最美国的问题”
此次枪击事件发生后，在美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）12日发表文章将其斥为“美国可耻的枪支暴力传统的最新示例”。
"Unlike the Covid-19 pandemic, which has spread through populations worldwide, or the opioid epidemic gripping countries near and far, gun violence is a uniquely American tragedy."
——CNN
“与全球范围内的新冠大流行，和在某些国家蔓延的阿片类药物滥用不同，枪支暴力是美国独有的悲剧。”
"From a detailed CNN report late last year: The US has more deaths from gun violence than any other developed country per capita. The rate in the US is eight times greater than in Canada, which has the seventh highest rate of gun ownership in the world; 22 times higher than in the European Union and 23 times greater than in Australia, according to Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) data from 2019."
——CNN
National Guard at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., April 12, 2022. /Reuters
而围绕控枪产生的争论也被CNN的这篇文章称为“致命的分歧（Deadly division）”。
"Overall, a narrow majority of Americans are in favor of stricter laws on gun sales, and recent polling suggests broad support for measures that would restrict access to guns -- but about half of the public says that neither stricter laws nor stricter enforcement would reduce the amount of violent crime in the US."
——CNN
“总的来说，一部分以微弱的优势占多数的美国民众支持更严格的枪支销售法律，最近的民调也显示，控枪措施得到了广泛的支持。但仍有约半数的美国民众认为,相关法律和执法严格与否都不会减少美国的暴力犯罪。”
相似的讨论在每一次枪击发生后展开，循环往复，不断拉扯却难见进展。尽管现任美国总统拜登自上任后也一直在推动更有效的枪支管制措施，但目前看来收效仍然有限。
美国控枪，难在哪？
近年来，美国的枪击事件层出不穷、屡见报端，民众苦枪支暴力久矣。
控枪之于美国为何如此棘手？
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CNN的文章在最后也承认，美国与持枪权利的关系十分独特，其枪支文化在世界范围内都是异类。
"For now, the deadly cycle of violence seems destined to continue."
——CNN
“就目前而言，暴力的致命循环似乎注定要继续下去。”