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Halting the use of taxpayer dollars to promote gun control won't end our deficit spending (or even put much of a dent in it), but it would at least put a stop to government-supported junk science weaponized against our Second Amendment rights.

NRA's Institute for Legislative Action recently uncovered a couple of examples of the anti-gun nonsense that's been published thanks to the Biden administration and Congress's largesse, which has given $25 million each year over the past few years to the CDC and the National Institutes of Health for "gun violence" research.

One study was entitled "Firearm Violence and Dental Health: A Neighborhood Analysis in 100 U.S. Cities, 2014-2022", and sought to find a connection between oral health and firearm exposure. The study's unsurprising finding was that neighborhoods with high rates of "gun violence" often have disparities in dental care and oral health. That makes perfect sense given that most of these communities are economically disadvantaged. I'm sure many of them are lacking in all kinds of services, from mental health to dog groomers. But was it really necessary to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to discover the blindingly obvious?

> Halting the use of taxpayer dollars to promote gun control won't end our deficit spending (or even put much of a dent in it), but it would at least put a stop to government-supported junk science weaponized against our Second Amendment rights. > NRA's Institute for Legislative Action recently uncovered a couple of examples of the anti-gun nonsense that's been published thanks to the Biden administration and Congress's largesse, which has given $25 million each year over the past few years to the CDC and the National Institutes of Health for "gun violence" research. > One study was entitled "Firearm Violence and Dental Health: A Neighborhood Analysis in 100 U.S. Cities, 2014-2022", and sought to find a connection between oral health and firearm exposure. The study's unsurprising finding was that neighborhoods with high rates of "gun violence" often have disparities in dental care and oral health. That makes perfect sense given that most of these communities are economically disadvantaged. I'm sure many of them are lacking in all kinds of services, from mental health to dog groomers. But was it really necessary to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to discover the blindingly obvious?

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Why are we wasting taxpayer money on lots of things. Researchers try and figure out what people in the government want to see. The researchers don't necessarily believe in the stuff they are researching.