Reply To: Common Sense Gun Policies

There have been a lot of questions posed here about the effectiveness of firearms regulations, causes of shootings, etc. Unfortunately, we haven’t had any reliable gun violence research in decades, since Congress (backed by NRA money) passed the Dickey Amendment to prevent the CDC for doing research on it and there isn’t a lot of private money around to go against the tide.

Let’s refund research by the CDC and find out what’s actually going on. Then we can make better-informed decisions. Relying on the examples of Australia, Sweden, etc. is better than nothing. but we need info on our own country and culture. Why is the NRA afraid to let that research be conducted? What are they afraid will be found?