GUNS & FIGHTING DISEASES?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will now fund research into gun violence, framing the topic as a matter of public health, according to a report from National Public Radio.
“The CDC and the National Institutes of Health, for the first time in nearly a quarter-century, are funding new research on guns to help reduce firearm-related injuries, deaths, crime and suicides,” NPR reported.
Second Amendment advocates have decried the CDC’s foray into the gun debate, warning that if the CDC grants itself authority on the topic by claiming gun ownership as a “public health” issue, it won’t be long before gun-control efforts begin.