Metro Police say so far this year there have been 125 shootings in Nashville where someone was hit.

'Building those relationships with our federal partners is where we're going to make the biggest dent in fighting violent crime.' 'We link crimes throughout the state and country,' said Sgt. The executive order President Biden signed this week orders federal law enforcement agencies to submit their shell casing data into NIBIN more quickly, giving police nationwide, including in Nashville, more opportunities to connect crimes and solve them. The Metro Nashville Police Department began using it in 2015, and detectives say it has really changed the way they can look at shootings.īecause each gun creates a type of unique 'fingerprint' of individual markings on each shell casing, if a gun is used in another crime where shell casings are left behind, NIBIN creates a link that investigators nationwide can see. It's essentially a large catalog of shell casings from spent bullets found at crime scenes across the country. The database is called the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, or NIBIN for short. The orderalso asks for improvements to a nationwide database that police use to help link crime scene evidence to guns and criminals. (WTVF) - As President Joe Biden signed an executive order to increase background checks for gun buyers this week, NewsChannel 5 took a closer look at another provision in the executive order you may have missed. 'Our elected leaders should be supporting those law-abiding Americans instead of finding more ways to hinder their right to defend themselves.NASHVILLE, Tenn. Concealed Carry Association, said none of the directives would have stopped recent mass shootings. Second Amendment advocates blasted the order. Katie Pointer Baney, managing director of government affairs for the U.S. Gabrielle Giffords, 'but there’s no telling how many lives will be saved thanks to the meaningful actions announced today.' 'More must be done,' said former Arizona U.S. Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg said increasing gun background checks will save lives. 'Criminals will hate it – and so will the gun lobby that protects them.Democrats in favor of gun control praised Biden's action. 'President Biden’s executive order is bold, sweeping, and will save thousands of lives,' said Sen.More: Is he running? On crime, the border and the budget, Biden signals his reelection bid What they're saying More: President Biden says 'no rationale for assault weapons' after Michigan State University shooting Promoting safety: The order directs Biden's cabinet to do everything it can to promote the safe storage of firearms.' Red flag' laws: The order promotes the use of extreme-risk protection – a move meant to complement the 19 states that have 'red flag' laws that allow a court to order the removal of a person's firearms if they're considered dangerous.A key piece of the legislation expands background checks on gun buyers 21 and younger to include their mental health and juvenile justice records. Implementation: Federal agencies responsible for carrying out the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act – a landmark gun law passed by Congress last year – must detail how they're implementing it within 30 to 60 days.as possible': Biden's gun order moves the United States 'as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation,' the White House said.

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