Chuck Schumer seeks $1.5 billion to create an 'Interstate Gun Task Force' On Sunday, United States Senator Chuck Schumer asked the federal government to provide a minimum of $1.5 billion to "help get illegal guns off the streets," per the New York Post.
Sen. Schumer is seeking these funds to create an "Interstate Gun Task Force on Illegal Guns," which is to be led by the current governor of New York, Kathy Hochul.
At the press conference where Schumer solicited these funds, Schumer said that the initiative will only succeed if the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms has the adequate financial backing to "choke off crime."
Schumer, the Empire State's senior senator, said, "I am pushing for $1.5 billion dollars in federal funds for the agency, so they can help with this work and do much more at the national level."
"Without the $1.5 billion … these plans will not have their full impact, and we need full impact to address the flow of these crime guns in our communities and across our state." ..............
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