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The bill centralizes and professionalizes federal gun‑violence prevention—expanding prevention, data, and transparency—while raising taxpayer costs and creating tradeoffs between broad prevention goals, local control, and immediate law‑enforcement priorities.
Communities, state and local governments, and federal agencies get a dedicated federal Office with a Director, clear responsibilities, centralized data/research, and annual reporting — improving coordination, accountability, and evidence-based policy on gun‑violence prevention.
People and communities affected by gun violence will receive coordinated federal crisis response and increased access to mental‑health services and first‑responder training, improving short‑ and medium‑term support after incidents.
Public education campaigns (secure storage, suicide prevention) will raise awareness among firearm owners, parents, and professionals, which can reduce accidental shootings and help prevent suicide.
Taxpayers will likely face higher ongoing federal administrative costs to create and operate a new DOJ office and advisory council to coordinate gun‑violence prevention.
Broadening the statutory definition to include suicides and unintentional injuries could shift limited prevention resources away from addressing homicide and violent crime in high‑violence communities if priorities are not clearly set.
Expanded federal coordination and involvement in local public‑safety programs raises concerns about federal overreach and may create friction with state and local officials who prefer local control.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Creates a DOJ Office of Gun Violence Prevention to coordinate federal prevention, set research/data priorities, run education, convene stakeholders, and report to Congress.
Introduced February 13, 2025 by Maxwell Frost · Last progress February 13, 2025
Creates an Office of Gun Violence Prevention inside the Department of Justice to coordinate federal gun-violence prevention work, set research and data priorities, run public education campaigns, support community crisis response, and produce annual reports to Congress. The office is led by a Director appointed by the Attorney General and is supported by an Advisory Council made up of DOJ leaders and outside stakeholders (survivors, clinicians, public health officials, educators, students, veterans, and state officials). Funding is authorized as "such sums as are necessary."