news release<\/a>. \u201cCDC\u2019s WISQARS is a crucial tool that informs our understanding of America\u2019s gun violence epidemic. Without it, we\u2019re cast into the dark as to the scope of the number one killer of kids in this country. But this latest assault doesn\u2019t come as a surprise; it tracks completely with the administration\u2019s autocratic tendencies. Stemming the flow of knowledge is a tactic that has been deployed throughout history to control the public, and today\u2019s news is a prime example of history repeating itself.\u201d<\/p>\nWhoo boy! Not to be outdone, the group Giffords called the cuts a \u201creckless move (that) puts us all at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, the reaction to the Trump Administration\u2019s move by those on the pro-Second Amendment side of the argument was quite different. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said that, hopefully, the cuts would take the CDC out of the gun control arena.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith these reductions, the government is no longer treating gun ownership as a communicable disease,\u201d said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. \u201cEver since the CDC inserted itself into the gun rights debate, the agency has spent millions of dollars to promote the notion that gun-related violence is a public health issue, and they\u2019ve mostly gotten away with it, thanks largely to their allies in the media treating everything they say as gospel. But it\u2019s not a \u2018health crisis,\u2019 it\u2019s a crime problem, and the antidote is not restricting the rights of law-abiding gun owners, which CDC research invariably seems to suggest, but instead restricting the freedom of violent repeat offenders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gottlieb added that anti-gun groups wailing over the CDC cuts are making a big deal over something that has never effectively curtailed violent crime.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne complaint we\u2019ve heard is that these cuts have \u2018decimated\u2019 staff responsible for so-called \u2018gun violence research and prevention,\u2019 but so far all of this research does not appear to have prevented a single violent crime,\u201d he said. \u201cInstead, we see declarations that more research is needed, while anti-gunners use CDC data to erode Second Amendment rights. That sounds like a perpetual \u2018make work\u2019 effort to keep the public funding flowing while gun owners are essentially treated like plague carriers or lepers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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