Last month, President Joe Biden announced the creation of the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
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The office will take a public health approach, in line with Biden’s long standing stance that gun violence is a public health epidemic. That means the office will seek to invest in evidence-based solutions that respond effectively to community violence. The office will also look to identify existing federal resources that could be put towards CVI programs. Horwitz believes this additional investment is a critical next step.
“It is certainly something that we hear, and I know is a real concern of many. However, I have seen law enforcement and community leaders effectively partner, and recognize that they each have an important role to play in advancing community safety,” Feldman said, adding that Biden is a proponent of
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