Posted on 08/01/2016 3:28:34 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Ronald Reagan famously said, “One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine.” He believed that government programs ostensibly meant to address public health crises would inevitably chip away at our personal liberties. For evidence that Reagan was right, one need look no further than Obamacare’s mandate requiring all Americans to buy government-approved insurance. The pretext for that travesty involved the alleged menace to public health posed by the uninsured. This year’s Democrat Party Platform has identified another public health threat against which the government must take action — gun violence.
Under the heading, “Ensure the Health and Safety of All Americans,” the following sentence appears: “There is insufficient research on effective gun prevention policies, which is why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] must have the resources it needs to study gun violence as a public health issue.” This attempt to pitch gun control as a public health crisis is not new, of course. Two years ago, the Democrats introduced a bill that would have provided the CDC with $10 million a year to study gun crime from the public health perspective. And, in June of this year, the American Medical Association declared that gun violence is a public health crisis.
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Public health isn’t covered in the Constitution. But, guns are! So, if you Public Health people don’t want to use your health system, you might want to rethink your view!
The Democrat party is a public enemy.
So is free speech.
Molon Labe, biotch!
Why do we need to study gin crime from a public health perspective??
I suspect that gunshot victims experience a severe health problem; problems even surviving and living to tell about it.
Do we need a multi million dollar study to understand that?
“The Democrat party is a public enemy.”
That’s a fact.
Yet, Democrats not only see nothing wrong with murdering infants, they even celebrate it. God, what a despicable group.
“[E]ffective gun prevention” is unconstitutional.
You better believe it is. It is very much a threat to Democrats who think they are going to dictate to us.
Attention “Public Health” apparatchiks:
I’m sorry but I am not authorized to release
that information and you are certainly not
authorized to receive it.
Have a nice day.
Ironic, when the real public threat is Democrats.
Only if you attempt to take it away, Demoncraps.
Especially to everyone’s health.
Along with swimming pools, cars, stepladders, and five-gallon buckets...?
There’s no delegated power for ANY federal gun laws, they are all unlawful, ... save perhaps requiring all men eligible to serve in the Militia to own Arms suitable for service if called up and to be proficient in their use ... but that is the utter opposite of what so-called “progressives” want.
CDC...AMA...a bunch of left-wing quacks.
Democrats and liberal Republicrats are the biggest danger to the health of Americans.
Ditto!
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