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President Joe Biden will announce the creation of the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention on Friday, fulfilling a key demand of gun safety activists as legislation remains stalled in Congress, according to two people with direct knowledge of the White House’s plans.

Stefanie Feldman, a longtime Biden aide who previously worked on the Domestic Policy Council, will play a leading role, the people said.

Greg Jackson, executive director of the Community Justice Action Fund, and Rob Wilcox, the senior director for federal government affairs at Everytown for Gun Safety, are expected to hold key roles in the office alongside Feldman, who has worked on gun policy for more than a decade and still oversees the policy portfolio at the White House. The creation of the office was first reported by The Washington Post.

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[-] bobman@unilem.org -2 points 1 year ago

it isn’t as hard as you think, and as long as you aren’t Jack Parsons you’ll be ok.

I mean, there's stories coming out all the time of people blowing themselves up when making their own bombs. It's a risk most people wouldn't want to take if there are other options.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

Well, don't work with unstable chemicals in your front yard and you won't go all Jack Parsons, stick with stable. Do I seem like some kind of mega-genius to you?! If I can do it anyone can.

[-] bobman@unilem.org -2 points 1 year ago

Even people who are more experienced than you can have issues.

You sound really cocky, so maybe it's good you stopped messing with explosives, lol.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or maybe I actually do know more about it than you, people also make explosives every day with no issue, likely you can drive to a neighboring state (unless your state is the neighboring one) and buy some of those small scale explosives for holiday use, or pounds of smokeless powder for reloading, or black powder for the same. Those are what are referred to as "stable" in most cases (aside from the pressure sensative), they won't explode until you tell them to, typically by ignition (so don't smoke or make it by candle light, problem solved.) Stuff like armstrongs mix or nitroglycerine however is pretty unstable and that's where the danger lies, so don't make that and you'll be ok unless you're the idiot who smokes while making explosives.

Oh and I haven't made em in a long time, I'm old enough to buy em now.

[-] bobman@unilem.org -1 points 1 year ago

I never said you knew less than me, lol.

I said people with more experience than you. That doesn't mean me. Lol.

Anyways. I pity the fool who reads your comment then tries to dabble in explosives. I guess they will get what's coming to them.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's why I am not giving out recipes. Thry should.read a few books.

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