Nicole Ogrysko: FBI, ATF to play big roll in Obama’s gun initiative

The FBI and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms will hire hundreds of new investigators and officers to enforce a series of executive actions the White House...

Nicole Ogrysko, reporter, Federal News Radio

The FBI and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms will hire hundreds of new investigators and officers to enforce a series of executive actions the White House thinks will prevent gun violence. President Barack Obama called for more people and a better background check system. Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin several agencies will play a part in implementing the President's executive guidance. Read Nicole's related story.

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