Atty Gen. Garland Announces Gun Trafficking Task Force In 5 Cities.
Attorney Gen. Garland is trying to get ahead of a surge in violence across many American cities with a newly formed task force to get illegal guns off the streets. (AP News)
“Attorney General Merrick Garland will launch the gun trafficking strike forces in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The effort will include stepped-up enforcement in so-called supply areas — cities and states where it’s easier to obtain firearms that are later trafficked into other cities with more restrictive gun laws.
Besides prioritizing gun crimes, the strike forces will embrace intelligence sharing and prosecutions across jurisdictions, Justice Department officials said. Authorities have also embedded federal agents in homicide units of police departments across the U.S., have been deploying additional crime analysts and are conducting fugitive sweeps to arrest people who have outstanding state and federal warrants for violent crimes.”
Gun violence is spiraling out of control in many cities and could upend the re-opening plans that major urban areas are depending upon for an economic resurgence. In the last 40 years our cities have become major destinations for the young educated college grads and they have been transformed into welcoming environments to live and raise families. The uptick in violence across American cities since the Pandemic began could derail much of the progress of the last half century. Gun proliferation is a major reason for the surge in violence.
