The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) has commended President Donald Trump for swiftly closing the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, an initiative established during the Biden administration.
The pro-Second Amendment organization described the move as fulfilling Trump’s campaign promise to dismantle what it called a “thinly disguised gun control operation.”
“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.”
Reports indicate that the office’s website has already been taken offline and that some staff members resigned before the transition, anticipating its closure.
Gottlieb also criticized gun control advocacy groups, including Brady United, which claimed the office helped achieve a 13.5% reduction in homicides in 2023. He questioned the validity of these claims, pointing out that the office was not created until September of that year.
“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 argued that Biden’s gun control initiatives were largely rejected by Congress and claimed the Office of Gun Violence Prevention served as a “shadow government office” to advance an anti-Second Amendment agenda.
With the office now dissolved, the organization expressed optimism about the Trump administration’s approach to violent crime.
“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.”
