President Joe Biden will establish the first-ever federal office committed to gun violence prevention, the administration’s latest effort to combat a violent American epidemic as the rates of mass shootings eclipse the number of days in a year.
The president has repeatedly stressed that he has tested the limits of his executive authority on gun reform, but a first-of-its-kind office under Vice President Kamala Harris will be tasked with expanding efforts to combat the proliferation of high-powered weapons and stem the tide of gun violence ripping the nation apart, including support for mass shooting survivors and communities acutely impacted by gun violence.
