10-06-2017, 01:05 PM
(10-06-2017, 12:58 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: This is part of the problem. The CDC is effectively blocked from collecting and studying this type of data due to legislation which bans the funding of such research geared toward firearm safety and gun violence.
Interestingly enough, that is an interpretation of the law that may or may not be accurate. But the effect is the same either way.
(10-06-2017, 01:01 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Maybe, although the FBI collects the data, it would be easy for a privately funded study to request redacted data on the shooters so these kinds of questions could be explored. Why hasn't someone done this?
They have, but the private funding isn't there, either. Because of the lack of federal funding for the research and the political climate, private funding is much lower on this than anything else because donors get skittish about it. Why spend the money if the government doesn't take it seriously enough to invest in the research as well?
There is minimal data out there (because while the FBI collects some data, it isn't as much as one might think), and there is some research, but it is proportionally tiny when compared to funding for other research areas and the impact it could have on society.
