Cenk Uygur
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Bought Congress Bans Study Of Gun Violence, Again
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June 21, 2016
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5:31Now PlayingThe Senate has again failed to pass new gun control legislation. In the wake of the Orlando massacre, a Democratic filibuster brought the issue of studying gun violence to a vote. That vote is now in and Congress is still bought and paid for by the gun lobby. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"A congressional ban on gun violence research backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) has been extended in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting that left 9 people dead.
As Public Radio International(PRI) reported recently, the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee voted to reject an amendment last month that would have allowed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study the relationship between gun ownership and gun violence.
The reasoning? "A gun is not a disease," and therefore falls outside of the CDC's research domain.”*
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