Last updated on: 3/10/2016 12:08:13 PM PST
Should the Federal Government Study Gun Violence?
Pro (Yes)
Pro
"Stein would also remove current prohibitions against using federal funding for science based solutions to gun violence."
Source: Jill 2016, "Dr. Stein Says Gun Violence Needs to Be Treated as National Public Health Emergency," jill2016.com, Oct. 5, 2015
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Con (No)
Con
"No, I don't think so. I think it could be subject to politicizing."
Source: Phone Interview with ProCon.org, June 14, 2016
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FORMER CANDIDATES
(Candidates who have withdrawn or who no longer meet our criteria appear below in black and white and in alphabetical order.)
Pro (Yes)
Pro
"We must authorize resources for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study and research the causes and effects of gun violence in the United States of America."
Source: Luciana Lopez and Peter Cooney, "Sanders Calls for Gun Study Funding after 1996 Vote against Similar Research," reuters.com, Dec. 3, 2015
[Editor’s Note: In 1996, Congress passed a spending bill that included a little known amendment, known as the Dickey Amendment, which stated: "None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control." Because of the amendment and later revisions, Department of Health and Human Services agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have not conducted gun violence studies for fear of violating the law.]
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Not Clearly Pro or Con
"I obviously want to know what was the rationale behind such a ban [on gun-violence research] because it doesn't make a lot of sense… But you know sometimes things that are presented on the surface that don't make sense when you find out what the rationale—you say, 'Oh, I didn't think about that.'"
Source: Maxwell Tani, "Ben Carson: Here's One Step We Could Take to Prevent Mass Shootings," www.businessinsider.com, Oct. 5, 2015
[Editor’s Note: In 1996, Congress passed a spending bill that included a little known amendment, known as the Dickey Amendment, which stated: "None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control." Because of the amendment and later revisions, Department of Health and Human Services agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have not conducted gun violence studies for fear of violating the law.]
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Withdrew on Dec. 21, 2015; no additional research done as of that date to determine candidate's position on this question.
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