Thursday, May 22, 2014

Sen. Ed Markey Wants CDC to Study Guns as 'Public Health Crisis'



Sen. Ed Markey Wants CDC to Study Guns as 'Public Health Crisis'

Thursday, 22 May 2014 09:06 AM
By Melanie Batley
Sen. Ed Markey has introduced a bill that would give $10 million a year to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund research on gun violence prevention and firearms safety.

The proposal by the Massachusetts Democrat was also introduced in the House by New York Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney and would be effective from 2015 for six years.

"It is time we study the issue of gun violence like the public health crisis it is. If we want to prevent injury and deaths from guns, we need to know what can be done to prevent it," Markey said in a statement, according to the Massachusetts news outlet Mass Live. "No one should be afraid of more nonpartisan, scientific research of this issue – not Democrats, not Republicans, and not the NRA."

The measure would take forward an executive order for gun violence research signed by President Barack Obama in March, which requires congressional approval to secure the funding.

Following the December 2012 school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, there was a renewed push for gun-control legislation, but reform efforts have stalled.

Republicans and the NRA, which oppose new gun-control measures, have argued in part that there is a lack of research-based evidence to prove whether new laws would reduce gun-related violence.

2012 school shootings in Newtown
Newtown (CT) is the location of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Note: Martin Feinberg is a Newtown (CT) resident, and his son is Stephen A. Feinberg.
Stephen A. Feinberg is Martin Feinberg’s son, the CEO for and Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and a trustee at the Public Theater.
Cerberus Capital Management L.P. is the owner of the Freedom Group.
Freedom Group is a gunmaker.
Bushmaster Firearms is a Freedom Group brand.
Remington is a Freedom Group brand.
Michael P.C. Carns is a director at the Freedom Group, and was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Mark R. Warner is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), an honorary chair for the Alliance to Save Energy, and was the president of the Alfalfa Club.
Edward J. Markey was the vice chair for the Alliance to Save Energy, and is a U.S. Senate senator.
Frances G. Beinecke was a director at the Alliance to Save Energy, and is a member of the Women's Forum.
Carolyn B. Maloney is a member of the Women's Forum, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and a House member for the NY congressional delegation.
Nita M. Lowey is a House member for the NY congressional delegation, and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the American Constitution Society.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Michael R. Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, the New York (NY) mayor, is a member of the Alfalfa Club, a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
NRA-ILA (Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Gun Control History)
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
David Satcher is a board member for the CDC Foundation, was a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at the interim president for the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Eric H. Holder Jr. is a trustee at the Morehouse School of Medicine, the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, was an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and a board member at the American Constitution Society.
Faith Elizabeth Gay is a director at the American Constitution Society, a trustee at the Public Theater, and was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP.
Stephen A. Feinberg is a trustee at the Public Theater, Martin Feinberg’s son, the CEO for and Cerberus Capital Management L.P.
Martin Feinberg is Stephen A. Feinberg’s father, and a Newtown (CT) resident.
Newtown (CT) is the location of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and his golf partner is Melody C. Barnes.
Melody C. Barnes is Barack Obama’s golf partner, was the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, and a principal at the Raben Group.
Raben Group is the lobby firm for Mayors Against Illegal Guns & the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and was the lobby firm for the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Robert Raben is the president of the Raben Group, was a director at the American Constitution Society, and the assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Eric H. Holder Jr. is a trustee at the Morehouse School of Medicine, the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, was an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and a board member at the American Constitution Society.
NRA-ILA (Eric Holder’s Gun Control History)






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