The President of the United States Joe Biden would be unveiling a Gun Violence Prevention Office to be headed up by Vice President Kamala Harris during a press call on Sept. 21.
The president will formally announce the new office during a Rose Garden event on Friday, Sept. 22.
Biden’s efforts have seemed minimal in facilitating gun control and the 2024 elections are approaching. Who knows what this move would do for him?
“I’ll continue to urge Congress to take common-sense actions that the majority of Americans support like enacting universal background checks and banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” Biden, a Democrat, said in a statement released by the White House.
“But in the absence of that sorely needed action, the Office of Gun Violence Prevention along with the rest of my Administration will continue to do everything it can to combat the epidemic of gun violence that is tearing our families, our communities, and our country apart,” he said.
Republicans and Democrats passed a package of modest gun safety measures last year, known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and Biden has taken executive action on the issue.
The Vice President, Harris said in a statement that the office would work to be “engaging and encouraging Congressional leaders, state and local leaders, and advocates to come together to build upon the meaningful progress that we have made.”
Gun safety groups welcomed the move.
“We are so pleased that the Biden administration has officially created an Office of Gun Violence Prevention,” said Kris Brown, president of Brady, an advocacy group.
“Just as FEMA responds to hurricanes and earthquakes, we have desperately needed a federal agency dedicated to responding to this growing public health crisis,” she said, referring to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
