The Centers for Gun Control

 

At Obama's request, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is making reports on gun control. I think I've written about this before. I suspect the whole reason is that Obama plans to make gun control a health issue and then he can outlaw guns under Obamacare.

 

At any rate, they want to deepen "evidence about the public health implication of guns through research." In other words, they already know the conclusion, they just need to come up with some facts to fill in.

 

But, the researchers say, their work is complicated by the lack of an official count on the number of guns Americans own. "Basic information about gun possession, distribution, ownership, acquisition and storage is lacking," the experts conclude. "Without good data, it is virtually impossible to answer fundamental questions" about gun violence. So there's the justification for coming into your home to inventory your firearms. But the premise that they can't answer questions about gun violence without knowing this information is just plain untrue. If they really believe what they're saying, I can help them out a little here.
 

 You investigate incidents of so-called "gun violence" by investigating the actual incidents of "gun violence." What people not involved in "gun violence" do with their guns is irrelevant. You don't investigate all cars when somebody commits a hit and run . . . or should we call it "car violence"? You don't call for a count of how many cars people have in their garages and research where they bought them. At any rate, "gun violence" is a misnomer. It's people violence. I've never seen a gun kill or wound a person all on its own.

 

So don't be surprised when the CDC reaches its "conclusion" that guns are a health hazard and should be banned.

 

"Gun research urged." The Dallas Morning News; June 6, 2013; p. 4A.