Dear Supporter,
Gun violence is a public health epidemic, one that is killing an alarming and increasing number of people every year. Rather than allowing politicians to continue ignoring the violence - mass shootings, suicide, domestic violence, accidental deaths, interpersonal conflict, and more - we've got to figure out the root causes and research ways to prevent the next tragedy before it happens.
Add your name today and urge the Senate to fund gun violence research!>>
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researched gun violence in the 1980s and 1990s, but the National Rifle Association (NRA) bullied Congress into prohibiting any activities that "may be used to advocate or promote gun control." This language, in what's known as the Dickey Amendment, was an effective ban on gun violence research.
Last year, Congress finally clarified that the CDC and NIH are allowed to do gun violence research, yet without funding dedicated to this research, this clarification does little. The House has now allocated $50 million in the budget for gun safety, firearm injury, and mortality prevention research.
We must demand the Senate act. The Senate must allow us to research the root causes, as the first step to ending this epidemic.
Sign the petition to demand the Senate include gun safety research in the budget>>
Thanks,
-- Zach, PFAW
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