University of Washington Betrays Bias While Still Suggesting Important Point

By Tom Knighton

The University of Washington recently posted a study the school is undertaking. The study stems from an understanding that those who are wounded by a firearm are more likely to be shot again. The researchers are looking for a way to change that statistic, and it’s useful and important research, to be sure.

However, the post about it started very differently.

In 1993, a CDC study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that rather than conferring protection as many gun advocates suggest, “guns kept in the home are associated with an increase in the risk of homicide by a family member or intimate acquaintance.”

The National Rifle Association (NRA) accused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of being biased against guns, calling the recent increase in firearm violence research as “anti-gun propaganda.” The NRA proceeded to call for a complete shutdown of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The center remained standing but the NRA didn’t stop there and began lobbying Congress to end funding for gun violence studies. In 1996, the Dickey Amendment was born. Named after …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms