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The Knowledge Gap
Doctors call on lawmakers to "end the dramatic chilling effect” of a law seen as curbing almost all CDC firearm studies.
Data
“There is nothing stopping them from addressing this life-and-death national problem.”
National Rifle Association
"My conscience wasn't doing well," says Jay Dickey, who adds that he never intended his budget amendment to prohibit the CDC from studying firearm deaths and injuries.
Community Violence
But the agency did it while avoiding actually studying guns' role in the violence it was researching — a line it is still at pains not to cross.
As the need for firearms data grows, David Hemenway and his team at the Injury Control Research Center find themselves pinching pennies.
Advocates claim the state's high rate of gun violence is a product of its lax gun laws and poor regulation of the firearms industry.
Gun Policy
In Charleston, the president showed a renewed sense of urgency for gun reform. But what about his past efforts?
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