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Related: About this forumSanders calls for gun study funding after 1996 vote against similar research
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-guns-idUSKBN0TN06O20151204Sanders calls for gun study funding after 1996 vote against similar research
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday urged the funding of gun violence studies at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two decades after he voted against funding research into firearms injuries.
"We must authorize resources for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study and research the causes and effects of gun violence in the United States of America," a Sanders campaign email said on Thursday.
The email came a day after 14 people were killed in a shooting in San Bernardino, California.
Congress, at the urging of gun rights supporters, put restrictions on CDC funding of gun research into the federal budget in 1996.
Sanders, then a Vermont U.S. representative, voted against an amendment, which ultimately failed, that would have authorized funding for such research, according to the website for the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. ( 1.usa.gov/1HJAOXR)
Sanders, now a senator, is vying with front-runner Hillary Clinton and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley for the Democratic nomination for the November 2016 presidential election. Gun control has emerged as an issue following a recent series of mass shootings.
Sanders has been dogged by criticism from gun-control groups since entering the presidential race.
While in the House of Representatives, he supported a 2005 federal law that shielded gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers from civil liability for mass shootings, and voted against the 1993 Brady Bill that imposed mandatory background checks and waiting periods for gun purchases.
Residents of Vermont are generally protective of gun rights.
The Sanders campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday. But it has said he favors "sensible gun-control legislation" and that he supported Senate efforts to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines after the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut.
Fifty percent of Democrats support Clinton, the former secretary of state, while 36 percent support Sanders, according to a five-day rolling poll from Reuters/Ipsos dated Tuesday.
(Reporting by Luciana Lopez; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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Sanders calls for gun study funding after 1996 vote against similar research (Original Post)
George II
Dec 2015
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One wonders how many lives might have been saved had he voted for this research....
George II
Dec 2015
#6
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)1. Good for him!
At least he's making an effort.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)3. i love the positivity!
i am not happy about his previous vote not to fund, but glad he is on board now.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)2. Guess he can change his mind after all.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)4. Oh look..
Bernie is EVOLVING.
I guess he checked his weather vane to see which way the wind is blowing.
Good job Bernie
George II
(67,782 posts)6. One wonders how many lives might have been saved had he voted for this research....
....19 years ago.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)7. Hundreds possibly
Seeing as how there's a mass shooting in America just about everyday now.
oasis
(49,387 posts)5. More debates anyone?
riversedge
(70,224 posts)8. Good to see Sanders evolving in the direction of #gunsense
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)9. Glad he has finally seen the light, but...
What possible grounds could he have had for voting against the research in 1996?