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ATF lacks funding to crack down on ongoing gun violence crisis, advocacy group says
PHILADELPHIA - President Biden's visit to New York on Thursday was intended to heal and talk about gun violence and trafficking that has led to mayhem in the city.Officials say Philadelphia is obviously dealing with the same problems. Now the question remains whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is up to the work of cutting gun violence in the city.Simone Rodgers, 15, lost her life in a spray of gunfire in a city park last summer.Her grieving mother fears gun violence will strike again."My children are good kids. Everybody's are good kids.