LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The White House announced July 12 that the U.S. Department of Justice launched a gun trafficking strike force in Los Angeles to prevent guns coming across state lines from areas with weaker gun laws.
The funding for the strike forces—which will also be in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and the Bay Area—comes from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, according to the White House. The strike forces will work to combat gun violence by targeting firearms that enter from other states with less restrictive gun laws.
