ATF strike forces seized nearly 8,000 illegal weapons in the past year
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Specialized strike forces from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives targeting gun traffickers seized more than 7,700 guns and silencers associated with crimes in the past year in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, New York and San Francisco, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday.
Speaking alongside newly confirmed ATF Director Steve Dettelbach, Garland applauded the ATF's role in quickly identifying shooters in high-profile cases over the past year, including the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois; the April 2022 mass shooting on the New York subway system; and targeted killing of homeless people in New York and Washington.
The announcement comes amid a wave of crime and mass shootings in some parts of the United States, and less than a month after President Joe Biden signed into law the first major federal gun safety legislation passed in decades.
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