OAKLAND, Calif. - Bay Area mayors gathered in Oakland on Friday joining Brady, the gun-control advocacy group, to announce a new regional approach to preventing gun violence — targeting illicit gun dealers.

"Guns know no boundaries," said Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee before she joined other city leaders for a conference at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center.

"This has got to stop. We've got to get the weapons of war off the streets of America, and we have to make sure that we work together," Lee said.

Officials targeting illicit gun dealers

What they're saying:

Brady President Kris Brown said, "Let's focus on the supply side."

Brown said irresponsible gun dealers sell to straw purchasers, weapons traffickers, and often do it off the books.

"Here in California, it's 10% of the de

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