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With alarming statistics about guns in households, for example. you had a gun in your household, 2.5 more likely to die a of homicide. one was 5 times more likely to commit suicide. shortly thereafter the dickie amendment was passed putting a halt on meaningful research in america on this issue. in other words, the nra and pro-gun force are are restricting the information that we can use to really look at this problem and figure out ways to solve it. that's one of the first things. we've got to -- incidentally, congressman dickie recanted on his amendment, but, of course -- it was too late the...

We will bring it to you live. and this the always turn s s toe whether or not there should be background checks, and in the exasperated remarks last night, president obama pointed to another little area known in the law regarding the guns that he wants to change. >> it has been money over the trillions to prevent terrorist attacks on our soil, and rightfully so, and yet, we have a congress that explicitly bl k blocks us from even collecting data on how to potentially prevent gun deaths. >> good point. what he is referring to is the dickie amendment, and if you don't remember it, it is because ...

Uneasy with the federally funded research on the gun violence such as published in the new england journal of medicine in 1993. households with guns were found to have triple the risk of homicide, and almost five tims s the risk of suicide as compared to gun-free households. that is what the research said. in 1996, a republican lawmaker from arkansas authored the measure that bears his name to wit, quote. none of the funds made available for injury, prevention and controlt ta centers of disease control and prevention may be used to ad vvocate or promote g control. end quote. the dickey amendme...

Halted funding for public health research to understand the crisis. most republicans disagree saying the money wouldn't go for legitimate research but for anti gun research. the national rifle association adds, quoting, the abuse of taxpayer funds for anti gun political propaganda under the guides of research is unethical. it was the nra that lobbied to have gun research money taken away from the cdc in the mid '90s and in 1996 republican congressman jay dickie sponsored the dickie amendment that resulted in cdc funding being slashed but after the theater shoot income aurora, colorado, dickie ...

Political grand standing has halted funding for public health research to understand the crisis. most republicans disagree saying the money wouldn't go for legitimate research but for anti gun research. the national rifle association adds, quoting, the abuse of taxpayer funds for anti gun political propaganda under the guides of research is unethical. it was the nra that lobbied to have gun research money taken away from the cdc in the mid '90s and in 1996 republican congressman jay dickie sponsored the dickie amendment that resulted in cdc funding being slashed but after the theater shoot inc...