Friday, March 23, 2018

Any Study Of 'Gun Violence' Should Include How Guns Save Lives

Any Study Of 'Gun Violence' Should Include How Guns Save Lives:
"After the Parkland, Florida shootings, some are calling for more government research into “gun violence.”
Image result for Firearms save livesCurrently, the federal government’s Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is restricted by Congress from using tax money to promote gun control (although not from conducting research into gun-related violence).
Some legislators want to remove this funding restriction.
...Many gun rights advocates are wary of such research, fearing it will be used to fuel a partisan political agenda. Dr. Timothy Wheeler of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership has noted that CDC has a track record of anti-gun bias.
In the 1990s, one CDC official even stated that his goal was to create a public perception of gun ownership as something “dirty, deadly — and banned.”
But regardless of whether “gun violence” research is being conducted by the federal government, states, universities, or private organizations, there are three key principles all public health researchers and firearms policy analysts should remember.
The first principle is:
* Firearms save lives as well take lives..."
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