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Kirsten Gillibrand: “There is literally no federal law to stop someone from…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Congressional Plea for Gun Violence Legislation Following Parkland Shooting

Published | Video Starts at 13:02

Over and over again, law enforcement officers keep finding illegally obtained guns being used in crimes. Numerous NYPD officers have been killed by guns that were illegally obtained by criminals. There is literally no federal law to stop someone from loading his truck with guns in Georgia, driving up the i95 and selling them in a parking lot in the Bronx directly to criminals and gang members. I have a bill that would make this illegal. It's called the Hadiya Pendleton and Nasia Prior Yard Gun Trafficking Crime Prevention Act. (13:02–13:21)

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Asserts the absence of a federal law preventing interstate gun trafficking.

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