NJ Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal Joins Biden At Roundtable

NEW JERSEY — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal joined President Joe Biden at a round table this week to discuss local efforts to combat gun violence and support community-violence intervention programming.

The roundtable took place at the Roosevelt Room, in the West Wing of the White House, on Wednesday.

Grewal emphasized the importance of federal-state partnerships to disrupt illegal firearm trafficking, share intelligence on crime guns, and support hospital-based violence intervention programs, the Attorney General Office said in a statement.

At a state level, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Grewal are leading a statewide effort to reduce gun deaths, combining evidence-based policing strategies with community-based prevention programs.

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Grewal summarized his approach to this issue in three main points: Treating the root causes of violence, keeping guns away from those most likely to harm others and taking swift action against those who break the law.

Also attending the roundtable were the following officials:

• Mayor Steve Allender, Rapid City, SD
• Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore, MD
• Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County, FL
• Chief Murphy J. Paul, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA
• DeVone Boggan, Founder and CEO of Advance Peace
• Eddie Bocanegra, Senior Director at READI Chicago