Congress suppresses gun research funding to keep the public uninformed.

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

Categorization

• SEED: A potential essay angle: the deliberate production of ignorance — how a legislature can weaponize data scarcity itself, distinct from banning the data outright.