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I'm going to start by saying that wherever you stand in the matter of gun control, it is important that we have the tools and information needed to make the best decision for the safety of the people.
That being said, I personally think we need to stop playing sides in this and come together to stop these unnecessary deaths. I’m in awe that we are fighting over something that we should all be rallying together to stop.
The above gifs are from a segment on Last Week Tonight from 10/04/17 and it’s still relevant today. The following information is about studying gun violence, and having the information to keep everyone as safe as possible. I know this is all over the place right now and I know a lot of it is being written off as someone trying to take the guns away. But there is a serious problem and we should be aware of it. There is very little research about gun violence that can be performed and disclosed because of some Bills that are in place. That’s not to say that there has been no research at all, but the lack of funding has deterred much of the investigation and if there were more studies about gun violence, there might be more measures put into place to prevent the crimes.
There is more below that goes into the bills that are in place and how they effect the education on gun safety. There is also some insight from Jay Dickey (the man who introduced the Dickey Amendment). The Dickey Amendment It’s not a list of reasons as to why we should or shouldn’t have access to firearms. It’s about the lack of funding to the CDC on research to end gun violence. Below is the research I've done on the lack of information and what can be done about it.
PSA - The Dickey Amendment has been called for repeal this year (02/20/18 ) by Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). If this is something you feel strongly about and want to be able to change, please contact your representatives. This may seem like a baby step, but it needs to start somewhere.
I would like to apologize for a long post, but if you can muscle through it then it’s much appreciated.
The Dickey Amendment (1996) was put into place to prevent the advocacy of gun control, but it's turned into a way to keep the CDC from collecting information and conducting research about gun violence and even Mr. Dickey came to regret this. The man that introduced this bill, Jay Dickey (passed away 04/20/17), wrote in an essay that ran in The Washington Post a week after 2012 Aurora theater shooting. One of his quotes from this essay:
“ We were on opposite sides of the heated battle 16 years ago, but we are in strong agreement now that scientific research should be conducted into preventing firearm injuries and that ways to prevent firearm deaths can be found without encroaching on the rights of legitimate gun owners. The same evidence-based approach that is saving millions of lives from motor-vehicle crashes, as well as from smoking, cancer and HIV/AIDS, can help reduce the toll of deaths and injuries from gun violence. ”
He was also quoted in an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep,
JAY DICKEY: Don't let any of those dollars go to gun control advocacy.
INSKEEP: So that's what the intent was. Did you intend to cut off all research on the effects of guns or gun ownership in society?
DICKEY: We didn't think about that. It turned out that that's what happened, but it wasn't aimed at that. And it wasn't necessary that all research stop. It just couldn't be the collection of data so that they can advocate gun control. That's all we were talking about. But for some reason, it just stopped altogether.
And later in that same interview,
INSKEEP: It has created a strange situation, hasn't it? If you want to learn details about mass shootings, you can't really find good information.
DICKEY: Well, I think you're right. And the thing that really brought this to my mind was watching as the little barricades were set up between the interstate to stop head-on collisions. The highway industry spent money in their scientific research to figure out what could be done, assuming that they were going to allow cars to continue to be on our highways. Enormous reduction of head-on collisions has been caused just by that little 2-and-a-half, 3-foot fence. We could do the same in the gun industry.
INSKEEP: You're saying there might be some way to not interfere with anybody's right to own a gun but regulate it in such a way that fewer people are killed by guns?
DICKEY: That's correct. I can't tell you what that might be, but I know this. All this time that we have had, we would've found a solution, in my opinion. And I think it's a shame that we haven't.
The Dickey Amendment has been put up for repeal multiple times within the last few years, with no success. Now on 02/20/18 it has been called for repeal again by, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). As I said earlier, please contact your representatives if this is something that you feel strongly about.
While some are opposed to the idea of funding this research:
“It’s just not helpful to turn a funding bill into a debate over gun control — particularly when it’ll be part of a bill that funds the entire government,” said House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole.
There are others, both democrat and republican alike, that think something needs to change:
House Labor-HHS-Education subcommittee, Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro. “I’m going to fight like hell to get it out of the Labor-H bill,” she said. “We’re talking about research the CDC has been able to do on automobile safety and other areas. Why shouldn’t we do research here?”
“I’m for letting a thousand flowers bloom. I think anybody who wants to study it — if you’ve got something to say on it — we should take that into account,” Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said. “I’m not familiar enough with it to be able to give you a definitive answer, but I don’t see why anybody should be worried about studying problems and potentially coming up with ideas for a solution.”
On another note, H.R.4573 - Gun Violence Research Act of 2017 was introduced to the House of Representative on 12/06/17 as a way to grant the CDC the ability to perform and disclose research about gun violence (other than suicides) that could aid in preventing such violence. At this point it has been introduced to the House and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Subcommittee on Health, but nothing has been voted on yet.
The Bill goes on to list the number of gun related deaths in the US in 2017 alone as well as defining what constitutes a mass shooting and how many there have been since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012.
I hope that all of this has shed some light on what the government could be doing to prevent these violent crimes from happening. Thank you for taking the time to read and if anything looks incorrect, or you find updates that I have not, please feel free to comment. I really don’t want this to turn into a post to perpetuate hate, this is to spread information that not many people are aware of. But, if this post makes you angry, that’s good, it should. If it makes you want to make change, please contact your representatives.
The Dickey Amendment has been put up for repeal multiple times within the last few years, with no success. Now on 02/20/18 it has been called for repeal again by, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). As I said earlier, please contact your representatives if this is something that you feel strongly about.
Reference (In order of appearance. All of the urls are links):
"Dickey Amendment (1996)." Wikipedia. March 03, 2018. Accessed March 06, 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickey_Amendment_(1996).
Dickey, Jay, and Mark Rosenberg. “We won't know the cause of gun violence until we look for it.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 27 July 2012, www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-wont-know-the-cause-of-gun-violence-until-we-look-for-it/2012/07/27/gJQAPfenEX_story.html?utm_term=.637f438f0763.
Inskeep, Steve , and Jay Dickey. “Ex-Rep. Dickey Regrets Restrictive Law On Gun Violence Research.” NPR, NPR, 9 Oct. 2015, www.npr.org/2015/10/09/447098666/ex-rep-dickey-regrets-restrictive-law-on-gun-violence-research.
Shutt, Jennifer. "GOP Unlikely to Revisit Spending Ban on Gun Violence Research." Roll Call. February 16, 2018. Accessed March 20, 2018. https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/gop-unlikely-to-revisit-spending-ban-on-gun-violence-research.
Kelly, Robin. “Text - H.R.4573 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Gun Violence Research Act of 2017.” Congress.gov, 8 Dec. 2017, www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4573/text.
