ROCHESTER, N.Y. — As families impacted by gun violence demand action with gun laws on Capitol Hill, authorities are in a fight to stop the flow of illegal guns landing in the wrong hands.

Attorney General Letitia James says of the more than 50,000 guns have been confiscated by police in New York in recent years, more than half originated from outside of New York.

Illegal guns are seemingly easy to find, but shutting down the flow of them into our communities may be much more difficult.

“It is very clear that our communities and neighborhoods are infested with guns,” Isabel Rosa of Rise up Rochester said.

When Rosa’s phone rings, there’s always a chance she’s being called to another shooting scene.

Rise up Rochester gives support to shooting victims and their families and works to get to the root of the gun violence problem.

“Somehow they ended up in our community,” Rosa said. “Somehow they end up, you know, in the hands of someone who shouldn't have them.”

“The fact that such young kids have access to these guns, it’s deplorable,” gunshot victim Nicole Nabors said. “But where’s it coming from?”

That’s a question with many answers, and many more questions. Police say many illegal guns are stolen from gun shop break-ins. Some guns are trafficked from other cities. Buying a gun illegally can be as easy as knowing which bodega or pawn shop might be selling, or knowing a guy who knows a guy.

However they get here, Rosa says the streets are flooded with them.

“It's unfortunate,” she said. “You know, it's evident that there's an influx, particularly in the inner city.”

Nabors has a lot to say about easy access to illegal guns.

“I think the laws should be increased,” she said.

The picture above her desk is the last picture taken of her while standing.

Nabors says she was shot through the spine by a man who also shot and killed her cousin. The army veteran who just wrote a book about her journey is also a social worker.

“I think wherever there's an idle mind there's a recipe for disaster,” Nabors said. “And it's unfortunate that people like myself and others have fallen victim to the other side of that.”

“Sometimes it feels like the problem is overwhelming,” Rosa said.

Rosa says the gun culture is evident in the proliferation of music videos featuring gun-toting young people and in the real-life tragedies to which her office responds.

“It has to get better,” she said. “What are we going to? What are we going to leave for our children? You know, we have no choice we have to make this better.”