Newly sworn in ATF Director Steven Dettlebach sat down with FOX 4's Shaun Rabb for an exclusive interview about gun violence in the U.S.. He says there have been more than 500 mass shootings this year alone.
and using ballistics technology, I guess to identify guns through the shell casings that have been used in various crimes. Can you talk about that a little bit?It is called the NIBIN program. It allows state and local law enforcement to work with us. It takes the ejected cartridge casings from a crime gun and you're able to match that up to see whether the same gun has been used in other crimes.
It is a tragic situation when we have to recognize that means we have to be more creative in the way we work together, state, local, federal, to try to address this problem. It also means we have to ask broader questions that go beyond law enforcement about crime prevention and things we can do to try and help give youth choices besides becoming violent at such a young age.Look, we're catching people. You know, just here in Dallas, there is a case that happened out in Aledo, Jonathan Ludlow.
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