Posted on 09/22/2023 8:43:34 AM PDT by algore
President Joe Biden has tapped Kamala Harris to lead his gun violence prevention office, giving his vice president yet another task for her packed portfolio.
Biden will formally announce his decision in a ceremony in the Rose Garden on Friday afternoon. Harris will oversee the office. Stefanie Feldman, a longtime Biden aide who has worked on gun policy for more than a decade, will serve as its director.
Harris, a former prosecutor and state attorney general, has years of experience on the issue.
But the vice president now has some of the nation's highest-profile policy issues on her plate - including voting rights, abortion, and the increase in migration across the United States border.
They're also the most politically-fraught issues, are difficult to solve, and can be a minefield to navigate.
'The new Office of Gun Violence Prevention will play a critical role in implementing President Biden's and my efforts to reduce violence to the fullest extent under the law, while also engaging and encouraging Congressional leaders, state and local leaders, and advocates to come together to build upon the meaningful progress that we have made to save lives,' the vice president said in a statement.
Harris has met with communities that have suffered from gun violence. She has taken on a more combative role within the administration as the White House ramps up for the 2024 election.
In August, she gave a speech on gun violence in Chicago, where she said: 'There are some people who are just trying to sell a false choice ... that you're either in favor of the Second Amendment, or you want to take everyone's guns away.'
Advocacy groups have been pressuring Biden to create such an office to help coordinate efforts across the government to decrease gun violence.
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I work in a very large corporate entity and have seen this a lot over the years. There are people who join every committee or extracurricular project while doing almost no actual work. Maybe provide the occasional updates to their managers, who are amazed at the number of things they can juggle.
She will probably shoot herself in the foot.
Every time I see Commie-La on TV I wonder if she’s high or drunk. She certainly doesn’t seem “normal” or make sense.
“the drug gangs will get their guns brought in by the Mexican drug cartels”
Guns that Obama’s ATF illegally sold to them most likely
Practiced gun owners practice “gun control” every time they got to the range and hit bulls eyes. 😁
Gun manufacturers sell the gun to the Mexican police who then sell them to the Drug Cartels. The money makes up for the poor money they get from the government.
Harris has had many years experience in close inspections of gun discharges.
Lets hope she does as good a job as the border.
RE: Not even Willie Brown made her work this hard.
They say she worked in various positions under Willie Brown.🛏️
Did anyone say she was done with the border crisis and had succeeded somehow? Or just lost interest in making excuses for not doing anything about it?
Maybe she’s get overwhelmed and then bored with the gun stuff?
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