20 Jan 2013 2:22 pm
Now, in that same vein, why is the left trying to portray all the right as being in lock step with the NRA?I make a distinction between the NRA leadership and the rank and file members.I don't think most of the country is in lock step with the NRA leadership, even the rank and file members.Why do you think Slow wants doctors to ask patients if they have a gun in their home? I understand he's not a lib in Congress, so does that mean he doesn't count?I know it's not polite, but I will answer your question with a question.Why has the CDC up until now, not been allowed to do research on gun violence?Now, I'll answer my own question:From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the CDC conducted original, peer-reviewed research into gun violence, including questions such as whether people who had guns in their homes gained protection from the weapons. (The answer, researchers found, was no. Homes with guns had a nearly three times greater risk of homicide and a nearly five times greater risk of suicide than those without, according to a 1993 study in the New England Journal of Medicine.)But in 1996, the NRA, with the help of Congressional leaders, moved to suppress such information and to block future federal research into gun violence, [Dr. 1994 1999 Mark Rosenberg, president of the Task Force for Global Health and director CDC's Center Injury Prevention Control from to] said.http://www.slate.com...esearch_17.htmlNow why do you suppose the NRA put pressure on legislators to block federal research into gun violence?It's good to see you teacher.I hope you've been well.