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Jepsen, Other AGs Ask Congress To Fund Gun Violence Studies
Hartford Courant ^ | May 25,2016 | Russell Blair

Posted on 05/25/2016 4:42:19 AM PDT by Biggirl

George Jepsen and 13 other state attorneys general sent a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday asking them to direct funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the causes and prevention of gun-related injuries and death. "There is no time to waste," they wrote. "As the chief civil or criminal law enforcement officers of our respective states, we are charged with keeping our communities safe, and we need evidence-based strategies to combat the epidemic of gun violence that is ravaging our families and communities."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: congress; guns; jepsen
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To: SecondAmendment

A relative of Buddy.


21 posted on 05/25/2016 6:26:13 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SecondAmendment

22 posted on 05/25/2016 6:30:57 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Biggirl

Does ANY data NO exist that requires Congress to use taxpayer funds to obtain/compile/provide?

Go blow your own State’s $$ and beholden to the voters thereof.


23 posted on 05/25/2016 7:00:52 AM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: papertyger

And does your vaccine come in multiple calibers?


24 posted on 05/25/2016 7:07:02 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Chode
urban thugs in RAT controlled cities are the cause. now give me the money!

I suspect 'the study' is to prove that black violence is not their fault...

25 posted on 05/25/2016 7:14:36 AM PDT by GOPJ (Clinton was impeached for LYING UNDER OATH in a SEXUAL HARASSMENT case NOT for an affair.)
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To: IronJack

Most assuredly!

But the REALLY important part is usage of the vaccine has not been made economically fatal by those seeking to do an end-run around the efficacy of it’s administration.


26 posted on 05/25/2016 7:16:07 AM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: Biggirl
They did one of these in 1989, and concluded more guns equals less crime.

Seems they are going to try one more time, eh?

Gots to get those stats right this time!

27 posted on 05/25/2016 7:21:35 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma deuce)
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To: SgtHooper
heh heh heh heh... show me the money!
28 posted on 05/25/2016 3:11:33 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: GOPJ
100%... they'll make whites to blame out of whole cloth
29 posted on 05/25/2016 3:13:15 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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