Congress keeps the public uninformed about gun effects by blocking research

Evidence

By intimidating federal agencies for funding gun research and barring them from interpreting gun-related data, Congress keeps the public uninformed about the social effects of guns in society. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1330 (#expands, via linked claim)

Sound gun policies require reliable data based on genuine gun reforms that are fully implemented, closely monitored, and adequately assessed. Vigorous political battles are fought over questionable data based on weak, easily circumventable gun regulations that are poorly enforced. By intimidating federal agencies for funding gun research and barring them from interpreting gun-related data, Congress keeps the public uninformed about the social effects of guns in society. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1330 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Congress suppresses gun research funding to keep the public uninformed. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1330; Congress suppresses gun data to keep the public uninformed about gun harms — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1330; Fear of government overreach justified defunding gun-harm research. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1188 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Congress suppresses gun research funding to keep the public uninformed. #expands (0.96) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1330
• Congress suppresses gun data to keep the public uninformed about gun harms #expands (0.95) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1330