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....the "tool" of the capitalist...
Congress Still Bans CDC Scientists From Studying Gun Violence In the wake of another mass shooting (among many this year), we are asking again: What causes gun violence? Is there a causal relationship between gun ownership and gun violence? We might know the answers to these questions, or at least have a body of empirical evidence getting us closer to the answers, if government scientists were allowed to study them. But they’re not. In June, the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, (run by the GOP) rejected an amendment that would have repealed a ban on scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducting research to study the relationship between gun ownership and gun violence. Supporters of the ban, including current House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) argue that the CDC shouldn’t study these questions because “a gun is not a disease.” Arguably, though, CDC researchers have studied other kinds of environmental factors that play a role in human health and in human behaviors with implications for human health. Are alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs of abuse diseases? Is a faulty ventilation system, of the sort that might provide a hospitable environment for the bacterium that causes Legionnaire’s disease? Is a hurricane? If you think, given its scientific mission, that the CDC is the wrong group of government scientists to study the connection between gun ownership and gun violence, fine. Allocate funding to the right government scientists, those working in the appropriate scientific disciplines to conduct the research. Establish research grants to support academic scientists studying this question. Do something to mobilize scientists to address this problem. Or, admit that the point of the ban is that you don’t want scientists to work on these questions at all. Why wouldn’t you want scientists to look into connections between gun ownership and gun violence? - - - That stench...it's the NRA... |
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On 10/4/2015 1:00 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
Too many idiots own guns. This much is true. |
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Justan Olphart wrote:
On 10/4/2015 1:00 AM, Boating All Out wrote: Too many idiots own guns. This much is true. If you replace "own" with "stole" I would agree 100%. |
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On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:17:17 -0400, Alex wrote:
Justan Olphart wrote: On 10/4/2015 1:00 AM, Boating All Out wrote: Too many idiots own guns. This much is true. If you replace "own" with "stole" I would agree 100%. Nope. A stolen gun is owned by the thief. He'd have to say 'borrowed'. He's full of more crap than Krause. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 01:00:54 -0500, Boating All Out wrote:
In article , says... ...the "tool" of the capitalist... Congress Still Bans CDC Scientists From Studying Gun Violence In the wake of another mass shooting (among many this year), we are asking again: What causes gun violence? Is there a causal relationship between gun ownership and gun violence? We might know the answers to these questions, or at least have a body of empirical evidence getting us closer to the answers, if government scientists were allowed to study them. But they?re not. snip GOP intransigence (that's a given) Why wouldn?t you want scientists to look into connections between gun ownership and gun violence? - - - That stench...it's the NRA... Just between you and me, people who don't own guns don't commit gun violence. Gun owners do. The NRA is paid to deny that fact. The only way to reduce gun violence is to reduce the number of laissez faire gun owners. Too many idiots own guns. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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On 10/5/15 8:25 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 2:00:51 AM UTC-4, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... ...the "tool" of the capitalist... Congress Still Bans CDC Scientists From Studying Gun Violence In the wake of another mass shooting (among many this year), we are asking again: What causes gun violence? Is there a causal relationship between gun ownership and gun violence? We might know the answers to these questions, or at least have a body of empirical evidence getting us closer to the answers, if government scientists were allowed to study them. But they?re not. snip GOP intransigence (that's a given) Why wouldn?t you want scientists to look into connections between gun ownership and gun violence? - - - That stench...it's the NRA... Just between you and me, people who don't own guns don't commit gun violence. Gun owners do. The NRA is paid to deny that fact. Show me one place where NRA has said gun violence is not committed by gun owners. What absolute horse****. Are they saying that gun violence is committed only be those who 'borrow' guns. What a ****ing dunce. You should stick to ISIS, where you've displayed your tremendous knowledge. You should stick to your many hobbies, none of which you seem capable of mastering. |
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On 10/3/2015 10:02 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
If you think, given its scientific mission, that the CDC is the wrong group of government scientists to study the connection between gun ownership and gun violence, fine. Allocate funding to the right government scientists, those working in the appropriate scientific disciplines to conduct the research. That stench...it's the NRA... More than likely what you smell is from the lack of your own personal hygiene. As a writer, you should know how to quote and attribute. I suggest you go back to school and bone up on your writing skills. |
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