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Baltimore Against Illegal Guns

The document outlines Baltimore's strategy to combat illegal guns which includes heightened enforcement of gun laws, suppressing gun trafficking through investigations of problem gun dealers and straw purchases, increasing accountability through a gun crime tracking system, expanding public messaging campaigns to deter gun crimes, and pursuing legislative changes like a gun offender registry and sentencing reform.

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Baltimore Against Illegal Guns

The document outlines Baltimore's strategy to combat illegal guns which includes heightened enforcement of gun laws, suppressing gun trafficking through investigations of problem gun dealers and straw purchases, increasing accountability through a gun crime tracking system, expanding public messaging campaigns to deter gun crimes, and pursuing legislative changes like a gun offender registry and sentencing reform.

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BALTIMORE AGAINST

ILLEGAL GUNS
Message

„ Gun Crime Will Not Be Tolerated


„ The Enforcement, Prosecution and
Punishment of Gun Crime must be our
priority
Strategy

„ Heightened Enforcement
„ Suppress Gun Trafficking
„ Accountability
„ Publicity
„ Legislation
Heightened Enforcement

„ Increase gun seizures


„ Ensure that cases are ready for timely
prosecution
„ Reduce backlog of firearms analysis
and data entry
Multi-Jurisdictional Gun Task
Force
Dedicated Gun Task Force
„ One Sgt. and 5 officers assigned from
BPD
„ 5 State Police Officers

„ ATF support

„ Focus on increased enforcement and


suppressing illegal gun trafficking
Suppress Gun Trafficking

„ List of known problem gun dealers


„ Build cases to close down problem gun
dealers
„ Combat Straw Purchases
„ Trace guns back to the original purchaser
„ Enforce laws that prevent illegal secondary
transfers
Gun Stat

„ Gun arrests
„ Prior gun arrests
„ Track current cases
„ Time for gun analysis
„ Time between arrest and trial
„ Bail status
„ Outcomes
„ Sentences
Publicity

„ Expand Project EXILE’s media


campaign
„ Participate in the development of a
statewide message campaign that
deters gun crimes
„ BPD and Operation Crime Watch will
advertise rewards for individuals who
report helpful gun crime intelligence
Legislation

1. Gun Offender Registry


2. Change mandatory sentencing
laws to require a range of
minimum to maximum sentences
3. Continue to campaign against
the Tiahrt Amendment

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