WASHINGTON – Five Republican
senators are pressing for information from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) about the removal of information related to the defensive use
of firearms from the CDC’s website after officials were lobbied by activist gun
control organizations.
“Lobbying groups should not
be able to influence your research and reporting…” the senators wrote. “…The CDC must return to providing transparent
and data-driven reporting on [defensive gun use], and to provide Congress and
the American people with an explanation of why the CDC allowed gun control
advocates to censor valid research and reporting conducted on the subject of
defensive gun use.”
Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) wrote to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky demanding
details about a reported meeting with anti-Second Amendment groups and the
potential involvement of any other executive branch officials. They also sought
answers about whether any pro-Second Amendment organizations were consulted
before making this censorship decision, and about what procedures the CDC employs
in making such decisions.
Full text of the letter to
the CDC Director can be found
HERE.
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