总统乔·拜登周五将宣布成立有史以来第一个白宫枪支暴力预防办公室，以帮助减少全国性的枪支暴力。
“他认为现在是加快我们减少枪支暴力的工作的时候了，这就是他建立这个办公室的原因，”将担任枪支暴力预防办公室主任的斯蒂芬妮·费尔德曼告诉记者。
该办公室将由副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯和一名高级政府官员监督，他说，增加白宫的协调和能力将产生重大影响。
“做最低限度的工作和尽一切努力确保总统已经宣布的行政措施和两党的《更安全社区法案》得到最大限度的实施，这两者之间有很大的区别，总统希望确保我们手头有真正出色的工作人员，”这名官员说。
2023年9月19日，乔·拜登总统在纽约大都会艺术博物馆举行的联合国大会领导人招待会上发表讲话。
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拜登将在玫瑰园的一个活动上宣布这一消息，该活动将包括执法人员，枪支暴力的幸存者，国会议员和市长，以及拜登在悼念从桑迪胡克到帕克兰，从乌瓦尔迪到布法罗的枪击事件时会见的一些人。
佛罗里达州的民主党众议员麦克斯韦·弗罗斯特是第一位Z世代，也是最年轻的国会议员，预计他将介绍总统。
费尔德曼在过去曾在枪支暴力问题上做过大量工作，重要的是，据一位消息人士称，他得到了总统的认可。
《华盛顿邮报》首次报道格雷格·杰克逊，枪支暴力幸存者，社区司法行动基金的负责人，以及罗布·威尔科克斯，都将在新成立的办公室中担任“关键角色”。
白宫新闻秘书郭佳欣·让-皮埃尔周四证实，总统将于周五就枪支暴力问题发表讲话，但拒绝透露更多细节，并补充说，拜登“将尽一切努力应对这场流行病。”
美国已经看到了500多次大规模射击到2023年为止，根据枪支暴力档案。大规模枪击被定义为四个或更多的人同时被枪杀。
包括“为我们的生活而游行”和“新城行动联盟”在内的激进组织多年来一直主张成立一个预防枪支暴力办公室，并在2021年给拜登的一封公开信中表示，成立一个办公室将“简化政府减少暴力的努力”。
康涅狄格州和弗罗斯特的民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲(Chris Murphy)去年也提出了建立这种白宫办公室和联络处的立法。墨菲在周三的一份声明中表示，此举将拯救成千上万人的生命。
墨菲说:“国会议员弗罗斯特和我今年早些时候提出了建立这个办公室的立法，尽管我们将继续推动将这个办公室的必要性编纂成法律，但总统决定在没有立法的情况下建立这个办公室是向前迈出的一大步。”
ABC新闻采访的一个消息来源称建立这个办公室是枪支暴力预防运动的一大胜利。
随着共和党重新夺回众议院，国会在枪支安全问题上采取行动的可能性已经减少。2022年乌瓦尔迪学校枪击案发生后，拜登在过道上努力通过枪支安全改革，但枪支安全的支持者继续主张采取更多措施，如禁止攻击性武器，但也限制杂志弹药容量，普遍背景调查和安全储存法。
吉福兹的执行董事彼得·安布勒在一份声明中告诉美国广播公司新闻，“这是我们多年来的首要任务，它将为整个政府的领导提供一个重要的重心，因为总统和副总统实施了历史性的两党更安全社区法案，并继续推动国会通过立法来拯救生命。”
Biden to announce White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention
PresidentJoe Bidenon Friday will announce the establishment of the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to help reduce thenation's epidemic of gun violence.
"He believes that now is the moment to accelerate our work to reduce gun violence, which is why he is establishing this office," Stefanie Feldman, who will serve as Director of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, told reporters.
The office that will be overseen by Vice President Kamala Harris and a senior administration official said that adding White House coordination and capacity will have a major impact.
"There's a big difference between doing the bare minimum and doing everything you can to make sure that the executive actions the president has already announced and the bipartisan Safer Communities Act are implemented to the fullest extent possible, and the president wants to make sure that we have staff on hand to really excel," the official said.
Biden will be make the announcement at a Rose Garden event that will include members of law enforcement, survivors of gun violence, members of Congress and mayors, as well as some individuals Biden has met with as he mourned shootings from Sandy Hook to Parkland, from Uvalde to Buffalo.
Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida, the first Generation Z and youngest member of Congress, is expected to introduce the president.
Feldman has worked extensively on gun violence issues in the past and importantly, according to a source, has the ear of the president.
The Washington Postfirst reportedthat Greg Jackson, a gun violence survivor who heads up the Community Justice Action Fund, and Rob Wilcox of Everytownfor Gun Safety, are expected to have "key roles" in the newly formed office.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday confirmed that the president will speak about gun violence on Friday but declined to give more details, adding that Biden is "going to try to do everything that he can to deal with this epidemic."
The U.S. has seenmore than 500 mass shootingso far in 2023,according to the Gun Violence Archive. A mass shooting is defined as four or more people shot at one time.
Activist groups, including March For Our Lives and Newtown Action Alliance, have advocated for years for an office for gun violence prevention, saying in an open letter to Biden in 2021 that the establishment of an office would "streamline the government's efforts to reduce violence."
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Frost also introduced legislation last year to create this kind of White House office and liaison. Murphy said in a statement on Wednesday that the move will save thousands of lives.
"Congressman Frost and I introduced legislation earlier this year to establish this office, and though we will continue to push to codify the need for this office, the president's decision to set it up without legislation is a great step forward," Murphy said.
One source ABC News spoke with called establishing the office a big win for the gun violence prevention movement.
As Republicans have retaken the House, the likelihood of congressional action on gun safety issues has dwindled. Biden worked across the aisle to pass gun safety reforms in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting in 2022, but gun safety proponents have continued to advocate for additional measures, such as an assault weapon ban but also limits on magazine ammunition capacity, universal background checks and safe storage laws.
Peter Ambler, the executive director of Giffords, told ABC News in a statement, "This has been a top priority of ours for years, and it would provide an important center of gravity for leadership across the Administration as the President and Vice President implement the historic Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and continue to push Congress to pass legislation to save lives."
