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211. The government already studies the issue.

Such research is usually performed by the Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, and complied by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and/or FBI. Check-out the various websites. Studies and data are readily available.

I should know, prior to my law practice, I actually worked at the NIJ and dealt with some of the research. There is nothing magical about CDC research. There's also a reason why Congress limited CDC funding about firearms. They used the money for blatant political advocacy, with purported "research" that could never be replicated. I encourage you to personally research the CDC funding matter, rather than rely on my explanations.

Interestingly, the problems cited by your partisan source is that the study wasn't really a study, but only a review of available research. Despite you claims, since there was no original research in the report, there was no true methodology to be flawed. Apparently, the only methodological flaw was that the CDC had the audacity to include some studies that didn't support the conclusions desired by your source, and hence they believe it should just be ignored because it doesn't support their narrative.

You additionally state, "Even the low estimates suggest an extreme level of violence and crime that doesn't reflect daily life in America." That's an awfully broad and conclusory statement. Daily life is quite different across the USA for our millions of citizens, from the safety of rural Vermont to the crime-plagued hell of inner Detroit, and everything in-between.

Simply, for both gun control and gun rights advocates, reliable and replicable data is still worthwhile data even when it doesn't support the "preferred" conclusions.