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Obama administration pushes new public health research agenda on gun control
fox ^ | June 26, 2013 | George Russell

Posted on 06/27/2013 12:50:06 AM PDT by Red Steel

In the near future, Americans who own or want guns likely will be subject to rafts of new questions from social scientists, medical researchers and law enforcement officials intent to discover just what guns they own, why they own them and what they intend to use them for — not to mention where and how they keep them.

They will also likely have more researchers poring over such issues as whether childhood education programs against gun violence actually work; whether there actually is any relationship between violence in the media and in real life; and whether the safety plans that were drawn up by schools, colleges and communities in the wake of highly publicized mass shootings actually are effective.

Those and many other gun-related questions are the thrust of a new social science research agenda that the Obama administration hopes will keep the push for gun control alive for years to come.

The research agenda is intended to produce mammoth amounts of raw data on American gun owners, users and their circumstances, meaning that violence resulting from firearms use will be studied for “its causes, approaches to interventions that could prevent it, and strategies to minimize its health burden.”

This includes, for example, such things as “the potential health risks and benefits (e.g., suicide rates, personal protection) of having a firearm in the home under a variety of circumstances (including storage practices) and settings.”

The agenda, which aims to sidestep Second Amendment political and constitutional issues of gun ownership through its public health focus, was released earlier this month in a 124-page report titled, “Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearms Related Violence.” It was sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) with financial support from private foundations.

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To: snarkytart

Don’t worry, the ObamaCARE brain biopsy requirement
will waived for al Qaeda and upper level DNC members.

[How is America different from the USSR?
The slaves in America are sheep. ]


21 posted on 06/27/2013 5:21:05 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Jerrybob
You think they WON'T????

No, I don't think my doctor, asking if I have guns during a physical exam, will visit my house for a search.

Now, if it's some gov't jackboot...well, the end is nigh anyway.

22 posted on 06/27/2013 5:21:07 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Red Steel

They are taking baby steps. But make no mistake, the end is to confiscate every last gun.

However the good news is that lying is the new virtue in this country as we witness that on a daily basis from our very own government officials.


23 posted on 06/27/2013 5:31:13 AM PDT by bergmeid (I told you so - now pass the ammo.)
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To: Winstons Julia

IRS and NSA data?


24 posted on 06/27/2013 5:40:33 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Red Steel

I will refuse to answer any questions about guns. Screw them. My doctor wouldnt ask anyway so not really an issue for me personally.


25 posted on 06/27/2013 5:48:52 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: TurboZamboni
IRS and NSA data?

Yep. Which is possibly the real reason that they're mad at Snowden. He shed a little light on their scheme and they don't like that at all. Make no mistake about it - if he had talked to the media in the US, he'd be in solitary confinement or dead by now.

26 posted on 06/27/2013 5:51:10 AM PDT by meyer (When people fear the government, you have Tyranny)
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To: Pollster1
In the near future, Americans who own or want guns likely will be subject to rafts of new questions from social scientists, medical researchers and law enforcement officials intent to discover just what guns they own, why they own them and what they intend to use them for — not to mention where and how they keep them.

I intend to use them on a tyrannical government and to protect my family. Any more questions?

27 posted on 06/27/2013 5:53:56 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: Winstons Julia

Doctors/Medical and Social Services...and maybe the IRS/NSA.

They are not going to study the good guys who lock up their guns, they will study the Obamaphone people as they apply for their benefits/food stamps/medical etc.

That is where the “stats” will come from and the new “rules” will be based on that info, not on the responsible gun owner.

But, I can see the IRS holding up your tax processing if you are a gun owner-unless you fill out the gun questionnaire.


28 posted on 06/27/2013 6:05:54 AM PDT by homegroan (Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option....)
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To: unixfox

Good answer.

This is the same methodology used by Hilter. We do not learn from history. It will be repeated. Hell, I’m watching it happen right now.


29 posted on 06/27/2013 6:08:44 AM PDT by appalachian_dweller (Live each day as if it's your last. It might be.)
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To: Red Steel

Obama arms narco-terrorists in Mexico and Islamonazis in Syria. He isn’t out to stop gun violence. His goal is to deny Americans their second amendment rights. Nothing else.


30 posted on 06/27/2013 6:13:30 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Red Steel
Didn't conservatives try desperately to warn Americans that Obamacare was not about affordable health care? IT IS ALL ABOUT CONTROL OVER THE MASSES, MORE BIG NANNY GOVERNMENT.

A reminder..............

Benjamin Franklin QUOTATION: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.”

It would appear that self governance is out the window. ENJOY IT AMERICA, YOU ELECTED THIS.
31 posted on 06/27/2013 6:47:46 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Wonder Warthog

“Cain-Abel??”

Reminds me of what Bill Cosby said about them:

“Now you got two people on the entire earth, Cain and Abel, and everything is mystical and beautiful. Now Cain could have gone to Hawaii, but no, he kills Abel.”


32 posted on 06/27/2013 6:48:57 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Mr. President, can you hear a special prosecutor now?)
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To: Red Steel

http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2013/Priorities-for-Research-to-Reduce-the-Threat-of-Firearm-Related-Violence.aspx


33 posted on 06/27/2013 6:49:21 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: Red Steel

Liberals fight the “long war”.

This is how they started the destruction of our institutions back in the 60’s.

Now it will start by further brain washing youth and society in general to where it is unacceptable to own a gun and there is something wrong with you if you do.

Liberals are insidious.


34 posted on 06/27/2013 6:53:48 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; wku man; SLB; ...
Well, well, well... Who here didn't see THIS coming.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

35 posted on 06/27/2013 6:58:50 AM PDT by Joe Brower (The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
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To: Red Steel

And they will be met with a very firm: “None of your damned business!”


36 posted on 06/27/2013 7:01:59 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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To: Red Steel
As I, and many other veterans have posted, my doctor asked me if I owned any firearms. I said, "doc I love you, but it is none of your business." She put down "no."

If it happens again, I will say no outright.

5.56mm

37 posted on 06/27/2013 7:02:55 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: MaxMax

I think they believe there is a good chance they will lose the Senate, too, next November.


38 posted on 06/27/2013 7:04:30 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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To: ConservativeInPA
The availability of ammo is never going to improve. It seem each week there is a new assault on the 2a and people just keep hoarding in fear that they will lose their rights.

Try Gunbot. I've recently found some good, reasonably-priced ammo using that tool. Buy it cheap, stack it deep.

39 posted on 06/27/2013 7:07:01 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo ( Walker 2016)
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To: snarkytart

>>Ah use OBAMACARE to take away people’s guns.<<

Yep and get ready, they will attempt to use the EPA and the Insurance industry to regulate as well.


40 posted on 06/27/2013 7:09:21 AM PDT by servantboy777
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