The Biden-Harris administration has released a 13-page progress report on the Office of Gun Violence Prevention’s (OGVP) first-year accomplishments, emphasizing “executive actions to combat gun violence” and how the White House has been helping state lawmakers push new gun control measures.
“The White House Office of Gun Violence released the Safer States Agenda, a playbook of 14 legislative actions that states can pursue to prevent gun violence and save lives,” the report states. “Since December 2023, at least 31 states have introduced new legislation to address gun violence. At least 17 states have enacted new legislation, including a safe storage law in California, a gun dealer accountability law in Washington, a victims compensation law in Maryland, a ghost gun ban in Vermont, a background check expansion in Maine, and a permit to purchase law in Delaware.”
Now, with Kamala Harris running hard to replace Joe Biden in 2025, it appears gun control is back in the spotlight, especially after she acknowledged being a gun owner while almost in the same breath saying the nation needs to ban so-called “assault weapons.”
As noted by Scripps News Service, the creation of the White House gun control office was “a landmark moment for President Joe Biden, for whom the issue of gun violence has been a decades-long focus.”
True enough, as Biden has been a gun control proponent since his early days on Capitol Hill a half-century ago.
Scripps quoted Stefanie Feldman, director of the OGVP, stating, “President Biden and Vice President Harris are committed to continuing their long legacy of leadership on this work.”
In a statement from the White House, it was acknowledged the Biden-Harris OGVP has “encouraged other states and cities to establish their own offices of violence prevention to coordinate their work to reduce gun violence, and partnered with existing offices of violence prevention to share best practices.”
The statement revealed that Maryland, Pennsylvania and Maine have established their own offices of violence prevention, and in May, the White House “convened over 80 leaders from city and local offices of violence prevention in over 50 cities across the country to share common challenges their offices face.”
What it means in simple terms is that the Biden-Harris administration has spread its gun control tentacles to the states.
The Scripps report quoted data from the Gun Violence Archive indicating mass shootings have declined by 20 percent this year over the same period in 2023. A report in the Nebraska Examiner said the school shooting in Georgia “marked the 30th mass killing in the United States this year, defined as an attack in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator, are killed.” This is based on a database maintained by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University, the Examiner detailed.
Expect more anti-gun news to crop up, including the oft-repeated claim that guns kill more children than traffic wrecks. Even NYU News recently reported that “gun violence remains the leading cause of death among children and teenagers.” Is that really accurate?
Back in early February, the Washington Post’s reliable fact checker Glenn Kessler took on this claim, and while not issuing any “Pinocchio’s” to the people making the argument, he did explain how including people aged 18 and 19 into the mix, and excluding infants under the age of one year can skew the data. Here’s what he wrote at the time:
“By including 18- and 19-year-olds, excluding infants under age 1 and comparing firearm deaths with only vehicle crashes, Johns Hopkins reports that in 2021, there were 4,733 firearm deaths of “children and teens” compared with 4,048 deaths from motor vehicle crashes.
“But by counting only children 17 and under, including infants under the age of 1, and comparing with all motor vehicle deaths, the CDC data shows that in 2021, there were 2,590 firearm deaths of children, compared with 2,687 motor vehicle deaths.
“Excluding infants under 1 from the data narrows the gap to a near tie — 2,580 deaths from motor vehicles compared with 2,571 from firearms. If one focuses just on vehicle crashes, as Johns Hopkins does, then starting in 2020, firearm deaths exceeded motor vehicle deaths of children ages 1 to 17.”
Harris will no doubt push the claim that the OGVP, which she ostensibly oversees, has made great strides in reducing gun-related violence. Whether it is an accurate claim could be open to argument, but what is a certainty is that gun control, as predicted months ago, is going to be an issue as the nation rushes toward the November elections.
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LOTs of UnConstitutional Infringement here,
And not One Single mention of Locking up these Violent Gang Members and Repeat Offenders for a Long, Long Time………….
This is so tiresome. The government has no authority to legislate regarding firearms, and was specifically prohibited from doing so. None of the gun infringement laws deter or reduce crime, as most aren’t even prosecuted. Even if the 2nd was abolished and all guns were banned, criminals would have and use them, just like tons of illegal drugs are imported and used each year. The very idea and claim that they can control “gun violence” is preposterous on its face, and only idiots believe it. Virginia Tech was perpetrated with two pistols and 15 and 10 round mags, and was… Read more »
Infants, (<1yr) and 17&18yr olds weren't included because then they might have to look at banning children from vehicles.
It is ironic that when it comes to abortion or gender reassignment 12yr olds are considered old enough to make adult, life decisions.
It is all about the agenda.
this is just pathetic. guns being inanimate objects do not cause violence, they are a tool or instrument used to perpetuate violence. it is the person wielding the gun that causes the violence, but the WH would prefer not to go after those because they are their supporters. and again they use deceptive wording and numbers (or as i call it LIE) to bolster their narrative. anyone with common sense and critical thinking skills can see through this propaganda. wonder if hillary will want to prosecute the current administration like she told rachel (the man) maddow for mis/disinformation?
We need an office of government violence prevention – to counter the deep state’s attempts on Trump’s life by jailing the big mouths in the Democrat party who are exhorting violence against the former President. Every last one of them should be charged with conspiracy – and jailed, now that two separate, encouraged by their rhetoric, attempts on Trump’s life have taken place. And there’s substantial evidence that they are all complicit based on public statements over the course of his presidency, and the utterly absurd shampeachments that qualify as sedition and treason. You want to stop this kind of… Read more »
Considering this “Gun Violence Prevention Office ‘Progress Report’” is provided by the FREEDOM HATING ANTI-CONSTITUTIONALISTS, IT MEANS NOTHING!!!!!
Americans would be better served if we ban all Marxist communist Democrats from American soil.
Thank you Dave for bringing this to our attention. Well folks, get involved with your state level organization to work against the anti rights devils who seek to restrict out rights to keep and bear arms. Posting on the internet shows that you are not alone. We must work to get pro rights candidates into office, remove anti rights candidates, get anti rights judges and prosecutors removed from their positions, educate the persuadable citizens and contribute to lawsuits to overturn these bad laws and executive actions. You can have time or money. It takes time to get the right legislators… Read more »
Gee, gun deaths verses vehicle deaths. What about drug overdose deaths. I believe the numbers last year was in the 100,000 mark +. Lie, lies and more lies. I am sick and tired of government rigging the game in their favor to get the desired results that they want. This new agency is nothing more than another propaganda arm to support other lying agencies that spew more of the agenda lies to obtain total domination and control. I have tuned them out, turned them off and don’t care what they say about anything anymore that limits my right. It is… Read more »
Click on “Read more>>” 4,733 4,048 with only vehicle crashes 2,590 2,687 with all motor vehicle deaths 2,580 2,571 Numbers impress people. Especially when they are reported as exact. The “John Hopkins” numbers do not compare well with the “CDC” numbers. You can not have the “only” number more than the “all” number. Really, since numbers are used like full-auto fire in media reports and supposed research, and they don’t seem to hit the mark, it would be well to call a numbers cease-fire. Every time you open the numbers Pandora’s box, you open yourself to be disproved by somebody else’s… Read more »