'A Uniquely American Phenomenon': Rep. Mark Takano Details Bill To Fund Gun Violence Research At CDC

[basquebromance]

Takano's California's 41st congressional district since 2013: Total number of gun related incidents 2014-2019: 295, including 8 mass shootings

trying to solve a problem for his district and for his country

 

[Manonthestreet]

I hear defunding the police is the way to go

 

[Auld Phart]

ANything in it about enforcing the laws already on the books?

 

[basquebromance]

ANything in it about enforcing the laws already on the books?

i marked the video to listen to it later. i'll get back to you definitely later today

 

[johngaltshrugged]

The CDC is prohibited by law from doing this by the Dickey Amendment signed by Clinton.

Passed in 1997 with the strong backing of the NRA, the so-called "Dickey Amendment" effectively bars the national Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from studying firearm violence -- an epidemic the American Medical Association has since dubbed "a public health crisis."

The amendment, which was first tucked into an appropriations bill signed into law by President Bill Clinton, stipulates that "none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control." A similar provision was included in the Appropriations Act of 2012.

 

[jotathought]

He's not trying to solve a problem .. if he were, he would be focused on research of the mental health state of the shooters, instead of the knee jerk reaction that it's the firearm's fault.

 

[scruffy]

I hear defunding the police is the way to go

FBI first.

 

[fncceo]

If the CDC does as good a job on gun control as they did with COVID, we could soon be hip deep in guns and ammo.

I look forward to their involvement.