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Straw Man

(6,831 posts)
15. Wrong again.
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 04:20 PM
Dec 2015
Too bad the repubs have

Banned any $ for any studies. Thanks gun lobby. I'm sure you would want lots of studies and data.

There never was a ban on funding of research -- only on funding of gun-control advocacy, which the CDC was admittedly doing. I refer to the linked thread and article below:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172183263#

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2015/01/14/why-the-cdc-still-isnt-researching-gun-violence-despite-the-ban-being-lifted-two-years-ago/

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