Gun owners face much higher murder risks, researchers said. Then the NRA silenced them.

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ack in the early 1990s, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control provided funding for studies on gun violence. The NRA was not pleased.

“[Our research] underwent peer review and was thought to be very solid and worthwhile research,” says Dr. Fred Rivara, who was part of the team that researched gun violence. “The CDC stood by our research — they had funded it and they stood by it. Unfortunately, it raised the attention of the National Rifle Association, who then worked with pro-gun members of Congress to essentially stop funding firearm research.”

Rivara, a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Washington at Seattle Children's Hospital, discovered that having a gun in the home is associated with a threefold increase in the risk of a homicide.

“The most common reason that people have a gun is because they have it for home protection,” he says. “Unfortunately, the data indicates that having a gun is associated with both an increased risk of homicide, but even more importantly, an increased risk of suicide. We know that, for example, if there’s a gun in the home, the risk of suicide among adolescents and young adults increases tenfold.”

Back in 1993, Rivara and his colleagues released this information in a series of articles that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most highly respected medical journals in the world. The NRA quickly went after the research — as well as Rivara and his colleagues.

Rivara says 10 pro-gun senators worked to get the ear of Arlen Specter, then a senator from Pennsylvania and chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee.

“[specter] approached the Centers for Disease and Control and discussed the idea that this research was biased,” says Rivara. Congress “ended up cutting the CDC budget by the exact amount of money that was used to fund the gun research. They had first threatened to cut all of the funding for injury research at the CDC. They didn’t do that, but they ended up cutting it by the exact amount that was spent on gun research.”

Now that's scary...

[Sousuke 1,214]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gun-owners-face-much-higher-murder-risks-researchers-said-then-the-nra-silenced-them/ar-AAaUFQx

ack in the early 1990s, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control provided funding for studies on gun violence. The NRA was not pleased.

“[Our research] underwent peer review and was thought to be very solid and worthwhile research,” says Dr. Fred Rivara, who was part of the team that researched gun violence. “The CDC stood by our research — they had funded it and they stood by it. Unfortunately, it raised the attention of the National Rifle Association, who then worked with pro-gun members of Congress to essentially stop funding firearm research.”

Rivara, a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Washington at Seattle Children's Hospital, discovered that having a gun in the home is associated with a threefold increase in the risk of a homicide.

“The most common reason that people have a gun is because they have it for home protection,” he says. “Unfortunately, the data indicates that having a gun is associated with both an increased risk of homicide, but even more importantly, an increased risk of suicide. We know that, for example, if there’s a gun in the home, the risk of suicide among adolescents and young adults increases tenfold.”

Back in 1993, Rivara and his colleagues released this information in a series of articles that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most highly respected medical journals in the world. The NRA quickly went after the research — as well as Rivara and his colleagues.

Rivara says 10 pro-gun senators worked to get the ear of Arlen Specter, then a senator from Pennsylvania and chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee.

“[specter] approached the Centers for Disease and Control and discussed the idea that this research was biased,” says Rivara. Congress “ended up cutting the CDC budget by the exact amount of money that was used to fund the gun research. They had first threatened to cut all of the funding for injury research at the CDC. They didn’t do that, but they ended up cutting it by the exact amount that was spent on gun research.”

Now that's scary...

I assume the homicide risk is related to one family member killing another?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I assume the homicide risk is related to one family member killing another?

Or it could be the perp gets control of the gun from it's owner. There are so many variables.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Or it could be the perp gets control of the gun from it's owner. There are so many variables.

Must have made you nervous when you carried a gun ... Have you had it happen to you ? You seem fixated on it . Someone taking away your gun . .

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The NRA needs a fact free environment. Knowledge and facts are devastating to their mission.

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Must have made you nervous when you carried a gun ... Have you had it happen to you ? You seem fixated on it . Someone taking away your gun . .

Just covering all the bases. Unlike you, I've walked this earth for 40+ years without being armed 24/7. Not to mention where I grew up, and just left from an assignment, was one of the most dangerous cities in the US. And I never had a firearm all those times I went to St. Louis, or even Ferguson. The only time I carried was in the military on duty. If I would have lived off base in St. Louis or IL I might have gotten something for home protection, but I have no desire to carry a weapon on my person all the time.

Since we're sharing personal experiences, let's talk about yours. What happened to you that you feel compelled to have a gun within reach all the time? Were you a victim?