“Two Congressional Democrats are unveiling legislation this morning that would restart the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s gun violence research efforts.
Since 1996, when a small CDC-funded study on the risks of owning a firearm ignited opposition from Republicans, the CDC’s budget for research on firearms injuries has shrunk to zero.
The result, as we’ve detailed, is that many basic questions about gun violence — such as how many Americans are shot each year — remain unanswered.”
Read more here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/22/nra-bill-to-allow-cdc-to-determine-how-many-people-are-killed-by-guns-is-unethical/
Ben Mankiewicz (http://www.twitter.com/benmank77) of The Young Turks breaks down this story. Tell us what you think of this study in the comment section below.