Thanks to gun lobby’s stranglehold, it’s been nearly impossible to focus government’s attention and money on the crisis.
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 8, 2022.The federal government acknowledged for the first time recently that gun violence is an urgent public health crisis.
I don’t know about you, but I almost never walk into a theater or attend a large outdoor gathering without at least a fleeting thought about what I would do if gunfire broke out. I have almost completely stopped honking at people when I drive — even when they deserve it — because I don’t want to get shot by some hothead with a handgun.
For the next quarter-century, that amendment basically paralyzed the CDC’s ability to study gun violence. The equation was simple: no money=no research. Wintemute, a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association who grew up around guns, is a pioneer in the field of gun violence prevention and has relentlessly advocated interventions that have been shown to work.
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