Why Is It Illegal to Research the Impact of Gun Control on Public Health?

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4. Umm, it's not actually illegal. Derp.

Then did the cops bust down the door of Doctors Leshner, Altevogt, Lee, McCoy, and Kelley?

http://www.nap.edu/read/18319/chapter/1

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

This project was supported by awards between the National Academy of Sciences and both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (#200-2011-38807) and the CDC Foundation with the Foundation’s support originating from The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and one anonymous donor. The views presented in this publication are those of the editors and attributing authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

That's an interesting report, you might want to actually read it, not just let someone like Thom Hartmann pre-digest it for you. (As he is wont to do, getting much of it wrong..)