DCPD-202400830 - Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills - DCPD-202400830 | Content Details

DCPD-202400830 - Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Combating emerging firearms threats and improving school-based active-shooter drills, signing the Executive order

Subjects: Alabama, Governor
Alabama, Hurricane Helene damage and recovery efforts
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Community violence-interruption programs
Crime rates
Emerging Firearms Threats Task Force
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Firearm rights
Florida, 2018 shooting in Parkland
Florida, Governor
Florida, Hurricane Helene damage and recovery efforts
Georgia, Governor
Georgia, Hurricane Helene damage and recovery efforts
Gun purchase background checks, improvement efforts
Gun violence, prevention efforts
Mental health programs and services
Natural disasters, Hurricane Helene
North Carolina, Governor
North Carolina, Hurricane Helene damage and recovery efforts
School security, improvement efforts
South Carolina, Hurricane Helene damage and recovery efforts
State and local law enforcement, Federal support
Tennessee, Hurricane Helene damage and recovery efforts
U.S. Surgeon General
Vice President
White House Gender Policy Council
White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Names: Biden, Jill T.; Cooper, Roy A., III; Criswell, Deanne Bennett; DeSantis, Ronald D.; Frost, Maxwell A.; Giffords, Gabrielle D.; Guttenberg, Fred; Harris, Kamala D.; Harrison, Roger M.; Ivey, Kay E.; Kaufman, Sari; Kemp, Brian P.; McBath, Lucia K.; Raskin, Jamie B.; Sewell, Terrycina A.; Thompson, Michael C.; Trump, Donald J.; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Woodfin, Randall L.

Notes: The President spoke at approximately 5:25 p.m. in the East Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to White House Gender Policy Council Special Assistant Sari Kaufman, a survivor of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, who introduced Vice President Harris; Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Bennett Criswell; Gov. Ronald D. DeSantis of Florida; Gov. Brian P. Kemp of Georgia; Gov. Roy A. Cooper III of North Carolina; Gov. Kay E. Ivey of Alabama; Rep. Jamie B. Raskin; 2024 Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald J. Trump; and Roger M. Harrison, cofounder, Minding Your Mind. Vice President Harris referred to Natalie Griffith, a 15- year-old student who was injured in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, GA, on September 4. Mayor Woodfin referred to his mother Cynthia Woodfin-Kellum; Anitra Holloman, Tahj Booker, Carlos McCain, and Roderick L. Patterson, Jr., who were killed in the shooting in Birmingham, AL, on September 21; and Prim F. Escalona, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. The transcript was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on September 27.