Kamala Harris announces new office to implement 'red flag' gun control laws

Source: The Guardian

Kamala Harris announces new office to implement ‘red flag’ gun control laws

Vice-president launches national resource center at site of 2018 Florida school shooting where 17 were killed

Richard Luscombe in Parkland, Florida
Sat 23 Mar 2024 17.53 GMT
Last modified on Sat 23 Mar 2024 20.06 GMT

The White House has announced a new national office to support states implementing “red flag” laws to combat gun violence, an initiative funded by the justice department.

Kamala Harris made the announcement on Saturday during a visit to Parkland, Florida, where she toured the site of the nation’s worst high school shooting, the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre that killed 17.

The vice-president met with victims’ families – many of whom have been active in gun control advocacy since the shooting – and visited the building where 14 students and three staff members were slain.

The launch of the federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center (Erpo) follows Joe Biden’s establishment of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention in September, which the president tapped Harris to lead.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/23/kamala-harris-red-flag-gun-control-laws

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