Gillibrand Announces Milestone in Seizure of Guns Through Anti-Gun Trafficking Measure

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says a major milestone has been reached in the seizure of illegal guns under an anti-gun trafficking statute that made gun trafficking a federal crime. During a video conference call on Wednesday with statewide media outlets, including WDOE News, the New York Democrat announced that the measure in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act has gotten more than 3,000 illegal guns off the streets as of this month...

Kirsten Gillibrand: types of guns seized

Gillibrand says her statute -- the Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act -- has been used to seize 250 guns in New York and has led to charges against 423 defendants and 119 convictions nationwide. One recent example she cited was a Pennsylvania man who was sentenced for trafficking firearms in the Jamestown area...

Kirsten Gillibrand: sentencing of Jamestown man

She first introduced bill in 2009 after meeting with the family of a 17-year-old female who died when she was shot by someone using an illegally trafficked gun.