The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) has applauded President Donald Trump for swiftly shutting down the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which was established under the Biden administration.
The pro-Second Amendment group hailed the decision as a fulfillment of Trump’s campaign promise to dismantle what they described as a “thinly disguised gun control operation.”
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“This gun control bureaucracy had no place in the White House, and it should never have been created,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Its supporters are having fits on the Internet, which convinces us that President Trump’s swift action was correct.”
According to CCRKBA, the office’s website has already been taken offline, and reports suggest that staff members resigned before the transition, anticipating the office’s closure.
Gottlieb criticized gun control advocacy groups, pointing to statements made by Brady United, a prominent anti-gun organization, which claimed the office contributed to a 13.5% reduction in homicides in 2023. However, Gottlieb noted that the office was not established until September of that year, questioning the credibility of such claims.
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“The Brady bunch also says Biden’s anti-gun advocacy operation supported the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in shutting down hundreds of so-called ‘rogue’ gun dealers and stopping illegal gun purchases,” Gottlieb said. “One would think the Trump administration just murdered Superman with a kryptonite golf club.”
CCRKBA asserts that Biden’s gun control efforts were largely rejected by Congress and that the Office of Gun Violence Prevention functioned as a “shadow government office” to push an anti-Second Amendment agenda. With the office now dissolved, the organization expressed optimism about a shift in federal priorities under Trump.
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“We look forward to watching the new administration completely reverse priorities on violent crime,” Gottlieb added. “Instead of targeting honest gun owners and small retailers, the Trump team appears far more determined to focus on violent criminals, drug dealers, and gangs, getting them off the streets and behind bars.”
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