Sentences with phrase «gun trafficking»
"Gun trafficking" refers to the illegal activity of buying, selling, or moving firearms across different locations, often involving people who are not authorized or licensed to possess or transfer those guns. Full definition
The bill would also try to prevent gun trafficking.
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While hearing testimony from numerous speakers, including relatives of victims of local gun violence, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand renewed her call to pass a bill that would make illegal gun trafficking a federal offense.
They never mention that in 2013 Democrats filibustered a bi-partisan bill I supported that made gun trafficking a federal crime
And when asked about the Las Vegas shooting at an appearance in Albany on Monday, Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand said Congress should consider banning assault weapons, expanding background checks and cracking down on gun trafficking.
Tom King, president of the state Rifle and Pistol Association and a New York NRA board member, claims that a public list may interfere with federal gun trafficking investigations.
King warned that putting together a virtually real - time public list of guns» origins could interfere with federal gun trafficking investigations.
No, this provides the opportunity to really do something, to try to reduce gun trafficking.»
The ATF is also the agency responsible for illegal gun trafficking into states like New York.»
«We have led the fight on the streets of Rochester to combat gun trafficking, but it isn't enough,» said Duffy, who is Andrew Cuomo's LG running mate and also the city's former police chief.
NEW YORK, NY — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the top count pleas of William Soler and Erick Ransom, members of the violent «Bloods» street gang, for their roles in a high - volume gun trafficking ring.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who was involved in putting together the components of the bill that would address gun trafficking and straw purchasing, said on the NBC News program «Meet the Press» that the overall legislation represented a satisfactory compromise between pro-gun-rights and pro-gun-control lawmakers.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is supposed to police gun trafficking, and it has been underfunded and Congress has tried to block its function, said Cuomo, a former federal housing secretary under President Bill Clinton.
Gillibrand says criminal groups and gangs have large - scale gun trafficking operations based on bringing in firearms from states with lenient gun laws.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand teamed with NYPD and gun safety supporters to announce a bill to fight against gun trafficking.
Gillibrand said there's a need for overhauling the background checks system and to pass bills that curtail gun trafficking as well as a new ban on assault - style rifles.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., was on Long Island on Monday to reintroduce gun control legislation to curb gun trafficking.
The bill is in lieu of the recent racially motivated murder of 9 black people in a Charleston, South Carolina church and a recent New York City gun trafficking bust where 93 guns were confiscated.
Listen to a portion of Friday's roundtable discussion on gun violence and gun trafficking at True Bethel Church in Buffalo.
The US Attorneys from the Fourth Circuit (who go gangbusters on minor crack offenses committed by blacks) simply will not prosecute gun trafficking cases.
Last month, Cuomo announced the formation of a coalition of states to crack down on gun trafficking.
U-S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has proposed a bill to crack down on illegal gun trafficking.
Specifically, Team 26 is advocating for stronger background checks, making gun trafficking a federal crime, and the closing of loopholes that allow dangerous individuals to purchase guns.
(The gun trafficking chain from Southern states with weak gun laws to New York is so well - known it even has a name: «the Iron Pipeline.»)
Enforceable universal background checks, an end to gun trafficking, and prosecution of straw purchasers (when someone with a clean record buys a gun legally and then sells to someone who would pass a back ground check) are all commonsense measures we can take with action from our elected officials.
Canter said Monday that Gillibrand looks forward to working with Bloomberg and other gun - control advocates «to end illegal gun trafficking and give law enforcement the tools they need to get these illegal guns off our streets.»
Americans for Responsible Solutions advocates for barring people with domestic abuse convictions from buying firearms, for hardening penalties for illegal gun trafficking, federally funding gun violence research and for expanding and improving the national background check system, in order to cover weapons bought on the internet or at gun shows.
The event, held in New Rochelle, also highlighted Gillibrand's bill that would make gun trafficking a federal offense.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, along with state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Friday participated in a roundtable discussion to address how to crack down on gun trafficking.
«I am proud to work with all the members of law enforcement, advocates, and community members who participated in today's roundtable meeting and share the goal of cracking down on gun trafficking to keep illegal guns off our streets,» Gillibrand said in a statement.
Cuomo also wanted to establish a partnership among other governors in other states that would share information on illegal gun trafficking and develop a «working group» of law enforcement officials to establish best practices and share resources with federal authorities.
Senator Gillibrand announced a bill on Sunday that will make gun trafficking a federal crime and provide tools to law enforcement to get illegal firearms off the street.
In 2003, Detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews were murdered on Staten Island while investigating illegal gun trafficking.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) is hoping to stop illegal gun trafficking, in an attempt to prevent gun violence.
She has introduced bipartisan legislation that would make gun trafficking a federal crime and give law enforcement more power to investigate and prosecute gun traffickers and their entire criminal network.
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