08-05-2019, 08:33 PM
(08-05-2019, 05:05 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The problem is neither side trusts the other. The GOP thinks that the Dems will use any results to push for tighter gun control. Given that they have the ability to stop this course of action they are taking it. I honestly don't know what such research would even find that would pass constitutional scrutiny. I think the money would probably be better spent on analyzing the motivations of these shooters, understanding them and trying to prevent them with targeted mental health, or other, services. Guns have been part of this nation since its founding, the mass shooting problem is a recent development. Clearly guns didn't create the problem, they just allow the violence to be enacted.
But that is something that would be included in the studies. Right now, even something like that can't be studied because it would fall under the research surrounding gun violence. This also isn't just about mass shootings, it's about the suicides, gang violence, everything. The research could be used by the CDC/NIH to provide results, which the CRS could then use to provide some great insights to members of Congress and the public, as well.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
