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Republican cowards wouldn't even put their names on record.
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BREAKING: Republicans Block Federal Gun Research Say Its Against 2nd Amendment http://news.groopspeak.com/breaking-republicans-block-federal-gun-research-say-its-against-2nd-amendment/
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BREAKING: Republicans Block Federal Gun Research Say Its Against 2nd Amendment
Last Updated on July 7, 2016
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Thursday, House Republicans have proven once again that they care more about their NRA scorecards and less about helping to solve Americas gun violence epidemic.
Two amendments within a health budget bill would have allowed the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to resume research on gun violence, ending the 20-year ban on the practice. House Republicans voted down those provisions during a panel vote.
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D- Conn.) said after the House Appropriations Committee vote:
The fact is, the gun lobby has a lock on this Congress, and they have continued to block this research at every turn. Theyve taken away our ability to protect the public from gun violence.
I view this in terms of saving lives, and this is a committee that has that ability to do it. Its common sense to direct the CDC to engage in research.
In 1996, the NRA challenged CDC research that found having a gun in a home increased the chances of homicide and suicide. The pro-gun rights group then lobbied Congress to stop funding the CDC if they continued researching gun violence, alleging that the group was focused on increasing gun control. As a result, the CDC hasnt studied gun violence for 20 years due to the Dickey Amendment named after the author, former Rep. Jay Dickey (R- Ark.).
Eliminating the ban on research has become a priority for House Democrats after the deadly mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The Democrats wish to introduce effective, research-backed gun control laws to curb Americas gun violence issue while preserving the rights of gun owners.
The vote was not recorded, but one Republican is on the record asking the House to reconsider their position on the Dickey Amendment. Rep. Bob Dold (R-Ill.), who is in a competitive race this election cycle, signed a letter from medical groups urging the GOP to allow research on gun violence.................
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Igel
(35,450 posts)At the same time, it's not required so if it's not funded it's not funded. Nobody needs a reason to not fund something.
Having the CDC do the research is a bit strange. Gun violence isn't a disease, apart from metaphorically. I don't think the CDC should waste money on car crashes or the incidence of rape, either. The people there have a job to do, and it's a damned important job that they currently don't have adequate resources to do. Yet they want to do things other than the job they should be doing now. If they don't like their job description, they can move on or use trivial resources on lunch breaks and after hours to help catapult their weekend research.
Meanwhile, lots of other folk are doing research on gun violence. It's just that it wouldn't have as much impact without the prestige of the CDC.
Gun violence may not be a disease, but it definitely is a healthcare issue, one that is costing us untold millions every single year.
rockfordfile
(8,716 posts)Republicans are the paid slime balls of the NRA. Everybody sees now the bat-shit crazy use of gun violence going on. The NRA cowards like to hide behind the gun. The Republican Party and the NRA has zero character.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Straight Dem ticket voting no matter what.
Enough of their corruption & obstruction.
So sick of the damage they have done.
NRA can f off.
uponit7771
(90,407 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I am so sick of this shit!
beevul
(12,194 posts)They're forbidden from promoting gun control.
The actual text of the prohibition reads:
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.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Who decides what advocates or promotes gun control? Is it a direct thing? A tangential thing? We've seen the roll back of women's right to their bodily autonomy based on outright lies about fetal pain and viability, and ersatz concerns about women's health to set up clinic requirements that have nothing to do with women's health and everything to do with shutting down clinics.
This wording is intentionally vague so that practically anything can be characterized as advocating or promoting gun control; even the most basic research or data gathering will be shut down because it can be stove-piped into this language.
beevul
(12,194 posts)If they're as daft as you make them out to be, and they don't know the difference between advocacy and research, maybe they shouldn't be doing either.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)All they have to do is claim something might lead to something that could advocate or promote gun control. The Hyde Amendment forbids federal funds being spent on abortion. Under the Hyde Amendment, Republicans have done everything they can to limit funds for women's health clinics like Planned Parenthood because PP does abortions, but doesn't spend any federal funds to provide them. Republicans know that, but they hassle PP endlessly over funding for cancer screenings and other life-saving services. They don't care that more women will die early; they're just playing games with women's lives to appease their anti-abortion base.
If the Hyde Amendment is any indication - and I'm sure it is - the Republicans (and a few Democrats) will use this language to effectively de-fund all research into firearms as a public health concern. More people will die needlessly to appease the NRA.
beevul
(12,194 posts)It looks like you and they are reading words in the 'no advocacy' legislation that do not appear in it.
Rex
(65,616 posts)How does that song go? I just can't stand those republicans.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)by shame or pity"
best song ever? I used to post that all the time
Rex
(65,616 posts)I remember listening to it every night when I listened to the Mike Malloy show! Yes best and truest song ever written!
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)I used to call into his show when he was on WLS in Chicago, briefly, before they went total nazoid.
ski and skinner every sunday, nate clay......used to call them every show. started a long, continuing thread about them at Table Talk (salon), before I came here