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LiberalArkie

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Tue Oct 6, 2015, 11:58 AM Oct 2015

Jay Dickey regrets his legislation to curb gun research

Former U.S. Rep. Jay Dickey now says he's sorry about his namesake 1996 legislation that has stifled gun research.




From Huffington Post

When he helped pass a restriction of federal funding for gun violence research in 1996, the goal wasn't to be so suffocating, he insisted. But the measure was just that, dampening federal research for years and discouraging researchers from entering the field.

Now, as mass shootings pile up, including last week's killing of nine at a community college in Oregon, Dickey admitted to carrying a sense of responsibility for progress not made.

"I wish we had started the proper research and kept it going all this time," Dickey, an Arkansas Republican, told the Huffington Post in an interview. "I have regrets."



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Jay Dickey regrets his legislation to curb gun research (Original Post) LiberalArkie Oct 2015 OP
The data is still available right? We can still upaloopa Oct 2015 #1
The ban on gun research is really stupid Gothmog Oct 2015 #2
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