[marktwain]

The Center for Disease Control failed to mention three large surveys that confirmed Dr. Gary Kleck's estimates of 2-2.5 million defensive gun uses a year in the United States.

[Cruz]

Title should have been “The Center for Disease Control suppress three large ....”

[familyop]

"The CDC research was done in 1996, 1997, and 1998, but was never publicized."

"1996,1997, and 1998:" Clinton Administration years with Clinton Administration appointees and employees.

[familyop]

What I wrote in #3 is not all that relevant, though. The CDC would have done the same under other administrations, too.

Many anti-Second-Amendment efforts have been bipartisan until recently, especially at state and local levels. It might be more attributable to a multilevel Separation of Powers imbalance and political participation imbalance. Too many people have been fooled too easily by rumors and conspiracy tales into avoiding participation.

The lesson is that we should get involved in politics (running our government) to secure and advance our freedoms.

[Jack Hammer]

No, the CD didn’t fail to report it. They made a deliberate choice not to report it. There’s a difference.