[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.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Thank you. That makes sense. In the scheme of things, it is difficult to find any research that is not tilted politically one way or another. In the case of citizen gun ownership, I cannot understand why it would *not* be in the interest of the NRA to bring to light incidences of accidents and abuse. I would think sound public policy would instill certain qualifications, among them personal training to be subsidized by . . . constitutionally informed producers.