Fear of government overreach justified defunding gun-harm research.
Evidence
The conflict over firearms spilled over to funding research designed to inform public policy (Luo, 2011). … The congressman who spearheaded the budgetary amendment reflected on the reason for the prohibition: “We have the right to bear arms because of the threat of government taking over the freedoms that we have.” — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1188
Categorization
- XREF: This is a concrete instance of moral justification conceived as self-defense against oppressive authority, matching the authoritarianism claims in the vault. — connects to: Congress keeps the public uninformed about gun effects by blocking research; Framing research as anti-gun propaganda led to budget cuts. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1188; Congress suppresses gun research funding to keep the public uninformed. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1330 (+4 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1188
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Congress keeps the public uninformed about gun effects by blocking research; Framing research as anti-gun propaganda led to budget cuts. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1188; Congress suppresses gun research funding to keep the public uninformed. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1330 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Demanding more research can forestall policy even when evidence is conclusive
#complicates(0.78) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1801