Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday pushed the federal government to provide his state with at least $1.5 billion to deal with illegal guns. Schumer said that the Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns, headed by Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul, will only work if the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and other federal officials have the resources. “The ABCs of beating back the scourge of gun violence depends on three federal letters: A, T, and F,” Schumer said during a Manhattan news conference. “I am pushing for $1.5 billion dollars in federal funds for the agency, so they can help with this work and do much more at the national level,” the top Senate Democrat said. “Without the $1.5 billion … these plans will not have their full impact, and we need full impact to address the flow of these crime guns in our communities and …