Via press release from the Brady Campaign:
Brady, the nation’s oldest gun violence prevention organization, responded today to President Trump’s apparent shuttering of the landmark White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
The office – which opened in September 2023 under the leadership of President Biden – was responsible for managing a first-ever coordinated federal response to mass shootings and community violence, implementing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and developing a whole-of-government approach to protect Americans from gun violence.
While gun violence in the U.S. surged under President Trump’s first term, the creation of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention led a cross-agency public health approach to preventing gun violence.
This contributed to a significant drop in the proliferation of unserialized and untraceable ghost guns, the largest-ever decrease in the homicide rate, and historic funding for Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs.
Brady President Kris Brown issued the following statement:
“In his inaugural address, President Trump talked a big game about keeping Americans safe. But now – less than 24 hours later – he’s gutting the federal government’s ability to respond to gun crime and mass shootings.
The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention wasn’t about politics – it was about strengthening the government’s ability to protect Americans (more than 300 of whom are shot every single day) from guns.
By shuttering it, Trump is putting the interests of the gun lobby above our kids, our communities, and our country.
Trump can claim he will “make America safe again.” But these words are empty without action on guns. Trump’s decision today – coupled with the release of gun-wielding domestic terrorists back on our streets – will make all of us less safe. He must immediately reverse course.”
Read the full press release. The Brady Campaign is named for Reagan White House press secretary James Brady, who was permanently disabled and later died of gunshot wounds suffered during the 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan.
Less than 24 hours into the new Admin. and Donald Trump has closed the Office of Gun Violence Prevention – an office that the GVP movement spent years fighting for and that President Biden made a reality thanks to a bill @ChrisMurphyCT and I introduced in 2023.
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— Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@RepMaxwellFrost) January 22, 2025
If President Trump actually cared about making America safer, he would work to #EndGunViolence.
Yet the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention’s website is already down.
— Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org (@krisbrown.bradyunited.org) January 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This office has created the ability for the government to respond to and prevent gun violence, including mass shootings.
Only someone in the pockets of the gun lobby would oppose that.
— Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org (@krisbrown.bradyunited.org) January 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM