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specific local communities. we have also been bringing to bear our federal statutes and prosecutorial tools to arrest and convict the repeat offenders and criminal organizations that are the principle drivers of violent crime. in addition we are making good use of the bipartisan safer communities act of 2022. it expanded our authority to prosecute firearms traffickers and straw purchasers who buy guns for those barred by the law fro possessing them. we have charged over 300 defendants under that authority. we are continuing to implement the enhanced background check requirements for purchasers under the age 21.
A federal judge has denied Fleet Farm’s motion to dismiss Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s lawsuit that accuses the retailer of selling guns to straw purchasers, including a man who bought one that was used in the deadly mass shooting at the Seventh Street Truck Park in St. Paul in 2021. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim rejected Fleet Farm’s argument that the Protection of Lawful .
passing something like an assault weapon ban that in a manner that s filibuster proof has to get to over 60 votes or more. we can t imagine a senate right now, and it s current composition, passing universal background checks, and what s striking here is that this is not something that can be solved with local policy. the vast majority. take new york city, for instance, the vast majority of gun instances in new york city involved weapons that originated from out of state. it s called the iron pipeline flows from states with extraordinarily lax gun laws. there s even this little tiny bill called the t heart amendment, which denies local law enforcement from getting access to gun crime. trace data , so the nypd can t even know that about the criminal gun dealers who are selling massive amounts of weapons to straw purchasers. the entire federal code in relation to gun violence and weapons sales is built in
obama era fast and furious scandal. are you okay with that? heck no. and i doubt that brian terry s family is okay with it, either. i mean, remember what they did here, too. sold guns to known straw purchasers, they had this crazy idea we are going to track guns and figure out the bad guys who are doing. this what wound up happening is bad guys got ahold of those guns and terry lost his life a brave border patrol agent. there is a criminal case going on as we speak in mexico related to this crazy fast and furious idea that the obama-biden administration undertook a few years ago. i think you can keep the evidence just to make sure the people who are accountable for this are held accountable. brian: jim jordan, thanks so much. appreciate it? you bet, thank you. brian: go over to carley shimkus for the other breaking news. carley: tennessee police stopping a robbery from a nashville shopping mall on saturday. one jewelry store clerk calling police after a masked robber