The final volume of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) study on firearms trafficking, released on Jan. 8, calls for expansion of the background check and gun tracing programs as well as investigations along the U.S. southern border.
Volume IV of the National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA) is the final volume in a study ordered by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2021.
“This final volume … concludes the most comprehensive look at America’s crime gun data in over two decades and confirms that ATF’s [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] advanced intelligence tools are vital to helping law enforcement nationwide solve gun crimes and take shooters off the streets,” Garland said in a statement announcing the report….