https://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 f

https://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.