Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson holds up one of the weapons seized from a gun trafficking operation that originated in Atlanta, Georgia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and ended on the streets of Brooklyn.

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson holds up one of the weapons seized from a gun trafficking operation that originated in Atlanta, Georgia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and ended on the streets of Brooklyn. / The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office

Six Georgia men are facing federal charges for trafficking guns to New York. According to the 17-count indictment unsealed last week, half of the men are former military. They allegedly smuggled guns through an underground market known as the “Iron Pipeline.” It connects states with strict gun laws like New York to Southern states, which have fewer restrictions. Georgia is one of the leading exporters of illegal guns. We learn more about the Iron Pipeline from New York City’s Public Advocate Tish James and BuzzFeed News national editor Tina Susman.

The TV show VICELAND followed a gun runner transporting weapons from Atlanta to New York City:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb4WjEttGic

Tags: Tish James  New York  Iron Pipeline  Atlanta  Georgia