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Edit: More info on "Operation Whiplash": http://www.georgiapacking.org/forum/showthread.php?t=270017&highlight=whiplash
Sergeant Pickard said the department has a gun reduction task force in place. "Operation Whiplash" has allowed officers to move 1,300 guns off the streets since February, said Sergeant Pickard.
"Through processing those guns, we have been able to determine that 80% of them don't even belong in the city," said Sergeant Pickard. "They're stolen guns from all over the country, so we really have to do something about guns falling in the hands of bad guys."
"If our process is not working than we really need to ask for help from legislators to see what we can do to get these guns off the street," said Sergean Pickard.
Senator Vincent Fort said there has been a gun violence problem in Atlanta for a long time and adds that if it comes down to the Legislature being involved, he is on board, but said that the state ought to not pass anymore measures that make it more difficult to keep guns off the street.
"The state has passed measures to allow guns everywhere, in the last couple of years," said Senator Fort. "What I call the guns everywhere bill. The state has to be responsible and work with the city to keep guns off the streets, keep them out of the hands of criminals."
Break out the placards.The Atlanta Police Department said they want to get their community partners in place and sit down to discuss what they can do about gun violence.
Edit: More info on "Operation Whiplash": http://www.georgiapacking.org/forum/showthread.php?t=270017&highlight=whiplash