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Quietly, Congress extends a ban on CDC research on gun violence
- yellowapple 11y agoSeems odd that the CDC is so involved with gun violence. This seems to be a better fit for the ATF or some similarly-focused organization. Also: > Rivara and his team discovered that having a gun in the home is associated with a threefold increase in the risk of a homicide Does this account for other factors (such as gun ownership correlating with an existing risk of violent crime)? Many Americans own guns to defend themselves, their families, and their property; it would seem like the elevated risk of homicide is the reason why guns are owned, rather than the other way around. Or perhaps it's a feedback loop. The article doesn't seem to go into much detail here about other possible factors.