[Fester Chugabrew]

I recently did a web search using these words:

nra blocks funding

This has to do with research related to gun violence in the USA. Is this simply because they do not trust the government to investigate the matter? It seems to me the NRA would have an interest in obtaining accurate information in terms of how often guns are abused or cause innocent deaths. What is your take on this?

[andyk]

I did the same search, clicked on an NYT article, and I think Chris Cox explained the NRA’s position quite well.

I know I dont trust the fedguv to research fiddly. Nor is it in their purview to do so.

[andyk]

Chris Cox, the N.R.A.’s chief lobbyist, said his group had not tried to squelch genuine scientific inquiries, just politically slanted ones.

“Our concern is not with legitimate medical science,” Mr. Cox said. “Our concern is they were promoting the idea that gun ownership was a disease that needed to be eradicated.”

Here's the text from Cox to which I referred.