Dear America, Federal research on gun violence is not banned. It never has been. Only some gun research...
Dear America,
Federal research on gun violence is not banned. It never has been. Only some gun research, using certain funds, is banned. The language reads: none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.
The CDC puts out studies about guns every year (such as http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dms/files/cdcgunviolencereport10315.pdf which is a CDC-funded report called "Elevated Rates of Urban Firearm Violence and Opportunities for Prevention—Wilmington, Delaware"). Because the law is written somewhat vaguely, to stay on the right side of the law, the CDC sometimes doesn't engage in research it might otherwise want to do, and be allowed to do under the law.
But again: the CDC still does gun research every year. Federal gun violence research is not banned, and never has been. Please stop saying it is.
Federal research on gun violence is not banned. It never has been. Only some gun research, using certain funds, is banned. The language reads: none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.
The CDC puts out studies about guns every year (such as http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dms/files/cdcgunviolencereport10315.pdf which is a CDC-funded report called "Elevated Rates of Urban Firearm Violence and Opportunities for Prevention—Wilmington, Delaware"). Because the law is written somewhat vaguely, to stay on the right side of the law, the CDC sometimes doesn't engage in research it might otherwise want to do, and be allowed to do under the law.
But again: the CDC still does gun research every year. Federal gun violence research is not banned, and never has been. Please stop saying it is.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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