Politicians Push Anti-Gun Trafficking Bill, Bash New Law

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Politicians Push Anti-Gun Trafficking Bill, Bash New Law

Politicians Push Anti-Gun Trafficking Bill, Bash New Law
By Jeff Johnson
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
June 07, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - Two northeastern lawmakers joined a small group of law enforcement administrators on Capitol Hill Tuesday to reintroduce legislation they argue will reduce the illegal flow of guns to criminals.

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last time i checked gun trafficking was already illegal..
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"This legislation will actually create a new federal crime of gun trafficking, make it a federal crime and give federal authorities the power, which they need, to go after gun traffickers," King explained. "It would also make it a new crime for criminals to use stolen firearms [or those] which have [obliterated] serial numbers."

DOH! I thought both of these acts were already illegal and Fed crimes!!

Chief Mary Ann Viverette of the Gaithersburg, Md., Police Department also spoke at the event, representing the International Association of Chiefs of Police, of which she is also president. Viverette briefly praised the anti-trafficking bill, but then attacked another piece of legislation -- the Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act (H.R. 5005).

"H.R. 5005 would make our job more difficult by severely limiting the ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to share tracing information with state and local law enforcement agencies," Viverette claimed. "This legislation clearly has the potential to severely impede the investigation of criminal activities."

Keep this in mind when you get a mailing or phone call soliciting funds for IACP! If you want to support your loss of what few rights to firearms you have, give them lots of money so that they can bankrupt the gun industry and pass more useless gun laws!