from day one, I will fight to end gun violence
I will fight to end gun violence.
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Evidence
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The campaign site says Frost is running for Congress and, as the first Gen-Z member of Congress, 'from day one, I will fight to end gun violence.'
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Congress.gov shows Rep. Maxwell Frost sponsored H.R. 1307, introduced on February 13, 2025, to establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and the bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
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Frost's official House press release says the Office of Gun Violence Prevention bill was his first bill and that he introduced it to continue the fight against gun violence.
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The Clerk's roll-call page for S. 870, the Fire Grants and Safety Act, shows Maxwell Frost voted Yea.
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The White House report states that President Biden established the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention on September 22, 2023, and that the office was directed to coordinate a government-wide effort to save lives.
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The congressman’s official homepage, updated in April 2026, says Frost is “laser-focused” on delivering results on issues including “gun violence prevention.”
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The House record on May 14, 2026, includes floor remarks from members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force calling for an end to the gun violence epidemic and for Congress to enact gun-violence-prevention legislation.
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The current official homepage says Frost is "laser-focused" on working to deliver change and results on issues including "gun violence prevention, and more."
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On December 16, 2025, Frost announced the Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act, saying it would repeal gun-tax cuts on silencers and sawed-off shotguns and redirect the funding to Medicare.
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Rep. Mike Thompson's official House release says Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Thompson led 122 colleagues in urging ATF Director Robert Cekada to reverse more than 30 planned firearms deregulatory actions, and lists Maxwell Frost among the representatives who signed the letter.
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 5622, the National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025, as introduced September 30, 2025, with Rep. Maxwell Frost as an original cosponsor. The official title says it would create a coordinated national research program on the causes, consequences, and prevention of gun-related violence and deaths; Congress.gov shows the bill remains introduced and referred to committees, not enacted.
Assessments
Frost made concrete federal efforts on gun-violence prevention during his first House term, including introducing legislation to establish an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, supporting related legislation, and continuing later advocacy through bills and congressional letters. Those actions fulfill the 'fight' component of the promise, but the broader stated goal of ending gun violence has not been achieved and cited legislation largely remains unenacted or only partially related. Candidate credit is therefore partial rather than full delivery.
Frost made concrete federal efforts in office, including sponsoring gun-violence-prevention bills and voting for gun-safety legislation, which fulfills the 'fight' part of the pledge. But there is no evidence that gun violence has been ended, so the promise is only partially fulfilled.
Frost promised to fight to end gun violence, a broad effort-oriented federal campaign pledge rather than a measurable promise to eliminate all gun violence. In office, he materially acted on that issue during the same congressional term by introducing Office of Gun Violence Prevention legislation, publicly making it his first bill, supporting related gun-safety legislation, and continuing congressional advocacy. The broader end-state of ending gun violence has not been achieved, but the promise as worded was to fight for that goal, and the evidence shows sustained federal action by Frost.
The promise was phrased as an action commitment to fight to end gun violence, not a measurable promise to eliminate gun violence outright. In the same congressional term, Frost introduced legislation to establish an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, publicly framed it as part of that fight, and voted for related gun-safety legislation. These are concrete legislative actions aligned with the promise.