TRUTH-OUT.ORG 1 Day Ago What Researchers Learned About Gun Violence Before Congress Killed Funding by Steven Yaccino (Photo: publik16 / flickr) President Obama has directed the Centers for Disease Control to research gun violence as part of his legislative package on gun control. The CDC hasn't pursued this kind of research since 1996 when the National Rifle Association lobbied Congress to cut funding for it, arguing that the studies were politicized and being used to promote gun control. We've interviewed Dr. Mark Rosenberg, who led the agency's gun violence research in the nineties when he was the director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. We talked to Rosenberg about the work the agency was doing before funding was cut and how it's relevant to today's gun control debate. Here's an edited transcript. There's been coverage recently about how Congress cut funding for gun violence research, but not much about what the...

POLITICALOUTCAST.COM 9 Hours Ago Shooting Victim: “Gun Control Would Not Have Saved Me Or Any Of My Classmates That Day” by Dave Jolly On January 17, 1989, students arrived at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California like any other day. They sat in their desks listening to the teachers and they ran and played outside on the playground during recess and lunch. During the lunch period, a fire erupted in a van parked behind the school. The fire soon caused the van to explode. The owner of the van, Patrick Purdy, then made his way behind a portable school building. He took aim with his Type 56 assault rifle and opened fire on the kids at the school. In approximately three minutes, Purdy fired 106 rounds, killing five kids and wounding one teacher and thirty more kids. Before police could respond, Purdy took out his handgun and put a bullet into his own head. At the time, it was the worst elementary school shooting in US history. Most of the victims were Cambodian ...

PAT DOLLARD YOUNG AMERICANS 6 Hours Ago Shame: Oregon Gun-Control Rally Fails Draws Mayor, 20 Other Nut-bags by Jake Hammer Mar 4, 2013Jake Hammer Excerpted from WASHINGTON TIMES: A rally supporting a ban on “assault weapons” in Eugene, Ore., failed to draw the attention of the community Saturday afternoon, with only about 20 people in attendance, including the media. Mayor Kitty Piercy also attended the rally at the Eugene Wayne Morris Free Speech Plaza, which was hosted by Ceasefire Oregon. Baldr Odinson of Ceasefire Oregon spoke about the need for a full ban on semi-automatic “assault rifles” and high-capacity magazines. He also spoke about the need for supporting legislation pending in the state’s Capitol that would outlaw guns that have “no place in the civilian sector,” The Examiner reports. Ceasefire Oregon also supports child-access, gun-safety laws and holds year-round gun buyback programs. The Examiner reports that there was very little enthusiasm in the crowd,...