Monday, April 13, 2015
Gun owners face much higher murder risks, researchers said. Then the NRA silenced them. - MSN News
A good example of how money and resources can be used to influence what research gets done.
Gun owners face much higher murder risks, researchers said. Then the NRA silenced them.
Amber Hall, The Takeaway
PRI - PRI - Monday, April 13, 2015
Back in the early 1990s, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control provided funding for studies on gun violence. The NRA was not pleased. "[Our research] underwent peer review and was thought to be very solid and worthwhile research," says Dr. Fred Rivara, who was part of the team that researched gun violence. "The CDC stood by our research — they had funded it...
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