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Rochester man and North Carolina man plead guilty in WNY gun‑trafficking conspiracy
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a Rochester man and a North Carolina man pleaded guilty in a scheme to traffic firearms into Western New York, including a transport that involved a ghost gun; additional co‑defendants remain charged.
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Hochul directs state enforcement, education and potential legislation to blunt ATF firearm rule rollbacks
Governor Hochul announced stepped-up state police inspections of dealers tied to crime guns, an expanded interstate task force, a dealer education campaign and plans to seek a law requiring in-person firearm sales to blunt proposed ATF rollbacks.
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Gillibrand slams Trump administration gun-rule rollbacks, cites more than 500 guns seized in New York
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand criticized the Trump administration's rollback of ATF gun-safety regulations in a July 16 virtual press conference, citing more than 500 guns seized in New York under a federal anti-trafficking law.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to hold virtual press conference on federal gun-rule rollbacks
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will hold a virtual press conference Thursday to criticize the Trump administration’s rollbacks of ATF gun-safety regulations and to share related prosecution and seizure statistics.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to Hold Virtual Press Conference Thursday on Gun-Regulation Rollbacks
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will hold a virtual press conference Thursday at 11 a.m. ET to criticize the Trump administration’s rollbacks of ATF gun-safety regulations and to share updated prosecution and gun-seizure statistics tied to the 2022 interstate trafficking ban.
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Rochester man sentenced to 12 years for drug trafficking and firearm discharge
Todd J. Romig, 29, of Rochester has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison after a conviction on conspiracy to distribute 50+ kg of marijuana and a firearm discharge in furtherance of drug trafficking. Authorities seized roughly 34 lbs at a Monroe Avenue apartment and about 146 lbs in Spencerport.
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