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	Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Breon Peace&nbsp;announced Wednesday the takedown of a Brooklyn gun-trafficking ring.&nbsp;The arrests were under the federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, aimed to target gun trafficking.
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