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Since 2019, Congress put $75 million into gun control research

John Lott - Crime Prevention Research Center | Published on 8/16/2022
lawmakers in Washington have set aside roughly $75 million since 2019 for the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research gun violence.

Ramsey Touchberry, “Congress pours $75M into gun research such as whether community gardens stop shootings,” Washington TImes, July 27, 2022.
We have been very critical of research done by public health/gun control advocates. Here are some of the posts that we have done on this issue.