Are Dems Expressly Wanting To Fund Biased Gun Research?

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

We all know that, for the most part, Democrats don’t like guns.

Oh, don’t get me wrong. There are exceptions to that, thankfully, but if you generalize that Democrats don’t like guns, you’d be right far more often than you’d be wrong.

Now, Congressional Democrats are pushing for more funding for research on “gun violence” to the tune of $50 million.

John Lott has some choice words about that.

Democrats in the U.S. House are likely to approve spending $50 million in taxpayer funds for public health research on gun violence. While that may sound like a good idea at first glance, it really wouldn’t do anything to reduce gun violence in our country.

I testified Thursday before the House Appropriations Committee’s health subcommittee to inject facts into the discussion of the Democratic bill.

It should go without saying that everyone opposes gun violence. But it’s important to take effective measures to deal with this problem and not simply take actions that sound appealing but won’t really save lives.

The idea behind the $50 million in research funding is to have medical professionals apply tools they developed to study cancer, heart disease and …Read the Rest

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