{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-announces-3000-illegal-guns-off-our-streets-a-direct-result-of-her-anti-gun-trafficking-provision-in-the-bipartisan-safer-communities-act/", "Gillibrand Announces 3,000 Illegal Guns Off Our Streets \u2013 A Direct Result Of Her Anti-Gun Trafficking Provision In The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act", "2024-09-18", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "NY", "Kirsten E. Gillibrand", "G000555", "www.gillibrand.senate.gov", "gillibrand", "https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "In Just Over Two Years, Gillibrand\u2019s Statute Has Allowed Law Enforcement To Seize More Than 3K Guns Nationwide And 250 In New York\n\nToday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to announce a major new milestone in the seizure of illegal guns under the anti-gun trafficking statute in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was shaped by Gillibrand\u2019s Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act. As of this month, the anti-gun trafficking statute has gotten more than 3,000 illegal guns off our streets, including 1,000 confirmed within the last 6 months alone.\n\nThe seized weapons included:\n\n317 AR-15s and AR-style weapons;\n\n478 machine gun conversion devices, which can convert semi-automatic pistols and rifles into fully automatic weapons in under a minute;\n\n206 ghost guns, homemade firearms that are completely untraceable \u2013 and a favorite of criminals.\n\nThe statute has also been used to charge 423 defendants in 33 states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico, and to secure at least 119 convictions nationwide.\n\n\u201cWhile we still have a lot of work to do to fight the scourge of gun violence, we\u2019ve made incredible progress prosecuting criminals and getting dangerous and deadly weapons off our streets in the two years my anti-gun trafficking statute has been in effect,\u201d said Senator Gillibrand. \u201cI anticipate many more gun seizures, arrests, and convictions as a result of this statute in the years to come, and I will continue to work with my colleagues across the aisle to pass commonsense gun safety legislation.\u201d\n\nSenator Gillibrand\u2019s Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act formed the centerpiece of BSCA\u2019s anti-gun trafficking provision. Gillibrand first introduced the bill in 2009 after meeting with the family of Nyasia Pryear-Yard, who tragically lost her life at 17 years old when she was shot by a perpetrator using an illegally trafficked gun. Gillibrand worked with Nyasia\u2019s mother, Jennifer Pryear, to pass the bill into law, and they attended the bill signing together in 2022.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-announces-3000-illegal-guns-off-our-streets-a-direct-result-of-her-anti-gun-trafficking-provision-in-the-bipartisan-safer-communities-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9510680101811886, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}