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In a roundtable meeting led by Gillibrand and New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, the group discussed bipartisan gun trafficking legislation aimed at cracking down on the daily flow of illegal guns on U.S. streets.
Gillibrand’s legislation, the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2015, would, for the first time, make gun trafficking a federal crime and to provide tools to law enforcement to get illegal guns off the streets, away from criminal networks and street gangs--and to prosecute those who traffic firearms.
Currently, there is no federal law that defines gun trafficking as a crime.
“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,” said Gillibrand.
“I am not willing to throw my hands in the air and say nothing can be done while lives are being senselessly lost due to weapons being in the hands of criminals....The absence of any federal law defining gun trafficking as a crime in this country is shocking. Cracking down on gun trafficking and keeping illegal guns off our streets should not be a Republican or Democratic issue because it is just common sense. By cracking down on illegal gun traffickers and their vast criminal networks, we can stop the flow of illegal guns and save innocent lives.”
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