Project To Track Guns Reports Little Success
Two years into a project designed to track how juveniles get their hands on guns they use in crimes, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is reporting little success.
Joe Vince, the chief of the ATF's firearms-enforcement division, cited inadequate reporting by local law-enforcement agencies as the main stumbling block to the tracking project.
But James O. Pasco Jr., the executive director of the Nashville, Tenn.-based National Fraternal Order of Police, which represents 250,000 police officers nationwide, said many local departments likely are not aware of...
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