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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.
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.More quotes »
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Cloning, Stem Cells Long Mired In Legislative Gridlock
bill every year since the mid-1990s – the so-called Dickey-Wicker Amendment, named for its original House sponsors, Reps. Jay Dickey, R-Ark., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss. It bars the use of federal funds for research that could destroy or harm a human embryo. from NPR Read more »
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Obama: $30 million for gun research
Psychological Association said earlier this year. The Dickey amendment, named after its author, former U.S. House Rep. Jay Dickey, R-Ark., did not explicitly ban research on gun violence, but the amendment resulted in CDC's funding for firearm injury prevention from United Press International Read more »
