Last summer he formed a police task force to work with Federal agents against gun traffickers.

The bill would undermine fundamental principles of negligence law in shielding illicit gun traffickers.

Illegal gun traffickers flock to these shows, which account for the sale of hundreds of thousands of guns each year.

Still, he said, there is no universal profile of a gun trafficker.

This bill empowers the law enforcement authorities to confiscate gun traffickers' profits when they use juveniles in their operations.

Day, the Jan. 17 holiday, to pass a package of gun control bills that would ban assault weapons and increase penalties for gun traffickers.

The gun traffickers will then be prosecuted.

But gun traffickers have moved on, the authorities said, particularly to the Carolinas and Florida.

He also called for cuts in taxes for manufacturers, the elderly and farmers, and proposed a new program to crack down on gun traffickers.

Several mayors spoke passionately about their frustration with the porous boundaries exploited by gun traffickers.