Stefanie Feldman, a longtime Biden aide, will serve in a leading role.

President Joe Biden will announce the creation of the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention on Friday, fulfilling a key demand of gun safety activists as legislation remains stalled in Congress, according to two people with direct knowledge of the White House’s plans.

Stefanie Feldman, a longtime Biden aide who previously worked on the Domestic Policy Council, will play a leading role, the people said.

Greg Jackson, executive director of the Community Justice Action Fund, and Rob Wilcox, the senior director for federal government affairs at Everytown for Gun Safety, are expected to hold key roles in the office alongside Feldman, who has worked on gun policy for more than a decade and still oversees the policy portfolio at the White House. The creation of the office was first reported by The Washington Post.

  • ColorcodedResistor@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    check out the nuremberg trials. the statement “I was just doing my orders” “it was just a job” did not pardon those who murdered all the jews.

    this is not about guns this is about culpability. i want you to tell me the plan for removing guns from this world, without getting upset. tell me how we do that.

    if you don’t have a direct answer, guess what. guns are here to stay for your entire life, mine too. and no that doesn’t mean we do nothing ,it means being mad about it doesn’t change things. actions, strategies, do.

    • pips@lemmy.filmEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Your response to someone noting that working for this office has inherent risks due to gun nuts existing and someone responding with “it’s just a job” is to compare gun regulations to the Holocaust. You just followed up a sentence where you said this isn’t about guns with two questions about guns. I think you either don’t understand what the Nazis did or you’re arguing in bad faith. My guess is both.

      Also, I don’t have to have a solution to gun violence to point out you’re making a stupid and dangerous argument. Calling people who work on gun safety Nazis in response to someone noting that gun nuts make their job dangerous proves the point.