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Mary Sanchez: Dear GOP: Nulling federal gun law is not backing the blue

Operation Legend ramped up relationships between local and state police and federal agents, beginning in Kansas City, which was suffering a spike in homicides. By the end of the program, William Barr’ s Justice Department issued a tally of the impact in Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Cleveland. In Kansas City alone, 176 firearms were seized,...

Last summer, conservative state lawmakers pontificated with great bluster about a federal plan called Operation Legend.

They saw it as a vehicle to appear empathetic about the gun violence destroying urban neighborhoods, while also allowing them to decry Democratic-controlled cities. These conservative politicians were all-in.

Operation Legend ramped up relationships between local and state police and federal agents, beginning in Kansas City, which was suffering a spike in homicides. By the

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