Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Honest question. If gun rights supporters are idiots... [View all]My Good Babushka
(2,710 posts)Then I don't know why the funding hasn't passed. Congress just must block funding for no particular reason.
"But today the CDC still avoids gun-violence research, demonstrating what many see as the depth of its fear about returning to one of the countrys most divisive debates. The agency recently was asked by The Washington Post why it was still sitting on the sidelines of firearms studies. It declined to make an official available for an interview but responded with a statement noting it had commissioned an agenda of possible research goals but still lacked the dedicated funding to pursue it."
"Congress has continued to block dedicated funding. Obama requested $10 million for the CDCs gun violence research in his last two budgets. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have introduced bills supporting the funding. Both times the Republican-controlled House of Representatives said no. Maloney recently said she planned to reintroduce her bill this year, but she wasnt hopeful."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2015/01/14/why-the-cdc-still-isnt-researching-gun-violence-despite-the-ban-being-lifted-two-years-ago/