Democrats Introduce Bill to Open DOJ Office to Provide Gun Violence Data to Other Agencies

Rep.-elect Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) speaks with reporters during a break in an orientation meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Nov. 14, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A Florida congressman and two senators announced legislation to establish an Office of Gun Violence Prevention in the U.S. Department of Justice on March 22. Author of the bill, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), says gun violence is the defining issue of his generation.

“This issue is robbing our kids of their childhoods,” Frost said at a press conference announcing the bill.