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.

  • @[email protected]
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    971 year ago

    Oh, man. Can you imagine the misery of being appointed to this post? Literally half of the government would hate and despise you and would look for ways to undercut you just to have an extra talking point while they stand in the hall talking to Fox News. And to top it off, what could you actually do to affect change? I sympathize with the poor workers of this office.

    • @Moob
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      1031 year ago

      So…department of education?

      • @SheeEttin
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        1 year ago

        Or the EPA, or the CDC, or the IRS, or…

        • pips
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          31 year ago

          You’d be surprised by how much oil companies hate the DOT.

    • @tinkeringidiot
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      331 year ago

      Also knowing that you’re guaranteed to be “downsized” on the first day of the next party change in the White House.

    • @ChonkyOwlbear
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      51 year ago

      And imagine how much security you’ll have to hire to keep yourself from getting shot.

        • pips
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          01 year ago

          Wanting to prevent civilian gun violence makes you a Nazi?

            • pips
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              01 year 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.

        • @[email protected]
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          I don’t think you understand.

          People saying Nazis were just doing they’re job are doing that to alleviate them of any responsibility of their work.

          I’m saying it’s just a job to highlight how these people probably don’t care about what they’re doing so long as they’re getting paid. As in, who cares if a bunch of strangers hate you so long as you’re getting paid. That’s actually par for the course for a lot of work.

    • @dezmdM
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      -151 year ago

      Half?

      How few people do you think work for the government?