More Funding Isn’t Always The Answer To Policy Problems In America

By Ammoland

Opinion By Larry Keane

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- In the aftermath of impeachment, and with Coronavirus apparently under control in the U.S., it appears mainstream media is out of things to talk about. There’s no other explanation for a recent article in USA Today titled, “Congress approved $25M in funding for gun safety research. Now what?”

This piece rehashes the tired, inaccurate argument made by gun control advocates that if the government only spent more time issuing papers on their pet policies, our communities would be safer. Of course, research on the criminal misuse of firearms isn’t prohibited – only funding politically-motivated projects. And the policies these groups call for would have no impact on crime or accidents with firearms. But that doesn’t stop the same small group of anti-gun researchers from publishing deeply biased “studies” in the pursuit of their political goals.

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This piece also lumps together the, fortunately, declining trend of homicide by firearm, and the tragically increasing trend of suicides. These are two distinct problems that …Read the Rest

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