'Enough Is Enough'

Jill Biden unites educators and the federal government with firearm safety tools to protect children against gun violence.

Students light candles at a vigil in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. (Photo credit: Fabrice Florin)

In the White House’s latest call to action against gun violence, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden invited school principals to the White House Thursday to unveil new federal guidance promoting firearm safety designed to protect children. 

“Enough is enough,” Biden says. “Enough pain, enough death. No more funerals.” 

“Enough pain, enough death. No more funerals.”

— First Lady Dr. Jill Biden

Firearm injuries became the leading cause of death in children and teens in 2020 and 2021, recent research by the CDC shows. 

The inaugural Office of Gun Violence Prevention and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) joined the White House town hall, discussing the nation’s gun violence epidemic with school leaders and their latest plan to address it. But first, Biden paid tribute to the lives lost and the lives forever changed by firearms. The …