Over the course of 30 years as a Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), I have seen a lot. I worked the streets in Detroit, Michigan, and Los Angeles, California, and I led teams of agents in Phoenix, Arizona. I can assure you that every day, ATF Special Agents, Industry Operations Investigators (IOIs), and professional staff work tirelessly to remove the most violent offenders from the streets and make our communities safer. In that vein, I want to share with you how ATF is responding to burglaries and robberies at Federal firearms licensees (FFLs)—gun dealers—because these crimes give criminals access to guns, resulting in increased gang activity, murder, and other acts of firearms violence.