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I think you're mistaken. First off, I don't think you can legally ban an organization from "thinking" about something (although I'm not sure what it means for a
by Rebelgecko 5y ago
I think you're mistaken. First off, I don't think you can legally ban an organization from "thinking" about something (although I'm not sure what it means for an agency to think about something... Is that metonymnic for the thoughts of the people who are employed there?).
On top of studying and tracking gun violence statistics, the CDC also spends around $30m/year on research and grants to reduce gun deaths
- panda-giddiness 5y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/us/politics/gun-violence-research-cdc.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/us/politics/gun-violence-... > Federal money for gun research all but disappeared after Congress in 1996 enacted the so-called Dickey Amendment, which barred the C.D.C. from spending money to “advocate or promote gun control.” It was named for Jay Dickey, a former Republican House member from Arkansas, who proudly proclaimed himself the National Rifle Association’s “point man” in Washington. > [...] > In 2019, Dr. Rosenberg and Mr. Dickey’s former wife, Betty, a retired former prosecutor and chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, helped persuade Congress to restore the funding; lawmakers appropriated $25 million, split between the C.D.C. and the National Institutes of Health, for firearm injury prevention research. Congress stymied funding for 25 years, but it has since been restored.