Dick Durbin helps gun control activists pressure the CDC to change DGU reporting

[steveTA84]

Their arguments and agenda is so bad that they need to basically lie and hide the data. God forbid firearms are used more to save lives (defensive gun use) than take them (murder). Never trust or give any respect to these gun grabbers. FOIA’s included

 

 

The Center For Disease Control (CDC) deleted a reference to a study it commissioned after a group of gun-control advocates complained it made passing new restrictions more difficult.

 

The lobbying campaign spanned months and culminated with a private meeting between CDC officials and three advocates last summer, a collection of emails obtained by The Reloadshow. Introductions from the White House and Senator Dick Durbin’s (D., Ill.) office helped the advocates reach top officials at the agency after their initial attempt to reach out went unanswered. The advocates focused their complaints on the CDC’s description of its review of studies that estimated defensive gun uses (DGU) happen between 60,000 and 2.5 million times per year in the United States–attacking criminologist Gary Kleck’s work establishing the top end of the range.

 

“[T]hat 2.5 Million number needs to be killed, buried, dug up, killed again and buried again,” Mark Bryant, one of the attendees, wrote to CDC officials after their meeting. “It is highly misleading, is used out of context and I honestly believe it has zero value – even as an outlier point in honest DGU discussions.”

 

Bryant, who runs the Gun Violence Archive(GVA), argued Kleck’s estimate has been damaging to the political prospects of passing new gun restrictions and should be eliminated from the CDC’s website.

[steveTA84]

This reporter writes for the Trace too and has MANY anti-gun articles

 

 

 

 

an example his work 

 

[steveTA84]

 

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[Jeffrey]

These losers cannot win without cheating, ever.  Similar to the tweeter files this should outrage every American.  The powers that be really think they know best and all of us should just sit and wait for their next instruction.  

[steveTA84]

Relevant to here in IL, as Po Murray and her group are working with legislators in the ILGA regarding the ban 

 

 

[steveTA84]

On 12/15/2022 at 8:57 AM, Jeffrey said:

These losers cannot win without cheating, ever.  Similar to the tweeter files this should outrage every American.  The powers that be really think they know best and all of us should just sit and wait for their next instruction.  

Correct on all points here. They are not only controlling, they are pretty darn evil as well. They’re no better than mass shooters IMO, as what they want will lead to more otherwise innocent victims (anyone who doesn’t listen to them and is otherwise just going about their business and not doing anything wrong)

[howie]

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cdc-guns-lobby/2022/12/15/id/1100648/

[Flynn]

Just let this sink in, an anti-gun activist organization pressured the CDC to remove what they had deemed 'facts' and the CDC complied.

 

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/12/15/cdc-quietly-scrubbed-key-firearm-stats-after-pressure-from-gun-control-activists-emails-show-1317327/

[mauserme]

On 12/15/2022 at 3:05 PM, Flynn said:

Just let this sink in, an anti-gun activist organization pressured the CDC to remove what they had deemed 'facts' and the CDC complied.

 

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/12/15/cdc-quietly-scrubbed-key-firearm-stats-after-pressure-from-gun-control-activists-emails-show-1317327/

 

I merged this into Steve's existing CDC topic.

 

 

[Jeffrey]

On 12/15/2022 at 3:05 PM, Flynn said:

Just let this sink in, an anti-gun activist organization pressured the CDC to remove what they had deemed 'facts' and the CDC complied.

 

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/12/15/cdc-quietly-scrubbed-key-firearm-stats-after-pressure-from-gun-control-activists-emails-show-1317327/

If it has a 3 letter acronym, defund it.

[Flynn]

On 12/15/2022 at 3:09 PM, mauserme said:

 

I merged this into Steve's existing CDC topic.

 

Oops, missed that...

[BobPistol]

On 12/15/2022 at 2:05 PM, Flynn said:

Just let this sink in, an anti-gun activist organization pressured the CDC to remove what they had deemed 'facts' and the CDC complied.

 

 

This is the same CDC that redefined the word "vaccine" because of politics not because of facts.    So I'm not surprised that they're being political here. 

[THE KING]

Hey SteveTA, I wonder if you sent this info about Durbin and the CDC to Tucker, Hannity or The Five if they would discuss it 🤔. 

[Windermere]

So they remove any evidence that hurts their case.  
 

Commies!  Cough cough 

[ragsbo]

This is a crime but no one will ever hold them accountable. The doubled standards reeks

[djmarkla]

This was all done with mask and vaccine info as well.  These clowns are anti liberty not just anti-gun. 

[ragsbo]

One thing the "pandemic" did was allow the cdc and those types to get a serious taste of POWER! Once you taste it, it is like crack and you are addicted to it and will do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to keep it and get more.

[starwatcher]

At this point I don't believe any governmental organization is politically impartial.

 

This only furthers the erosion of trust in our government which feeds into extremist conspiracy theories and creates a government that's no longer impartial.