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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats Push to Restart CDC Funding for Gun Violence Research
Two Congressional Democrats are unveiling legislation this morning that would restart the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's gun violence research efforts.Since 1996, when a small CDC-funded study on the risks of owning a firearm ignited opposition from Republicans, the CDC's budget for research on firearms injuries has shrunk to zero.
https://www.freespeech.org/text/democrats-push-restart-cdc-funding-gun-violence-research
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Democrats Push to Restart CDC Funding for Gun Violence Research (Original Post)
doxydad
May 2014
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Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)1. so there is no ban on federal gun research
Last edited Sun May 25, 2014, 12:28 PM - Edit history (1)
Nice to know.
The CDC is not the only source of federal funding for gun violence research. The Justice Department which has funded gun violence prevention studies since the 1980s gave nearly $2 million to firearms violence projects last year, and is offering as much as $1.5 million in research funding this year.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), which invests $30 billion in medical research each year, put out a calllast fall for new research projects on gun violence prevention.It's not yet clear how much money the NIH will devote to the research. The NIH will announce the gun violence projects it will fund in September and December, a spokeswoman said.
A report last year from experts convened by the federally funded Institute of Medicineoutlined the current priorities for researchon reducing gun violence. Among the questions that need answers, according to the report: How often do Americans successfully use guns to protect themselves each year? Could improved "smart gun" technologies reduce gun deaths and injuries, and will consumers be willing to adopt them? And would universal background checks the most popular and prominent gun control policy proposal actually reduce gun violence?
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), which invests $30 billion in medical research each year, put out a calllast fall for new research projects on gun violence prevention.It's not yet clear how much money the NIH will devote to the research. The NIH will announce the gun violence projects it will fund in September and December, a spokeswoman said.
A report last year from experts convened by the federally funded Institute of Medicineoutlined the current priorities for researchon reducing gun violence. Among the questions that need answers, according to the report: How often do Americans successfully use guns to protect themselves each year? Could improved "smart gun" technologies reduce gun deaths and injuries, and will consumers be willing to adopt them? And would universal background checks the most popular and prominent gun control policy proposal actually reduce gun violence?
Link now added (same as OP's link)
http://www.freespeech.org/text/democrats-push-restart-cdc-funding-gun-violence-research
onehandle
(51,122 posts)4. Your NRA talking point is missing a link.
As usual.
hack89
(39,171 posts)7. The link is in the OP. Nt
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)8. I should have referred to the artiicle in the OP
This is the part that for some reason the OP did not highlight.
I was wrong to assume that people would read the OP's linked article.
I will add the link to make you feel better.
ananda
(28,866 posts)2. And "research" gets us where exactly?
All talk and research, no action.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)5. It produces a science based justification for doing something.
It's an excellent idea and a good start.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)9. Gun nuts want no research so no one can refute their bullshit lies.
Every year they claim that tens of thousands of people have been saved by the almighty gun.
It's bullshit.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)3. 90% of people (+/-) want change in regulations
What need is there to study?
B2G
(9,766 posts)6. I would suggest they
start studying what is driving young men to pick up a gun and kill people in the first place.
That would be money well spent and seems to be exactly what an organization like the CDC should be focusing on.