Is RKBA (Right to keep and bear arms) a Progressive value?

[theinquisitivechad]

199. Hmmm. . .

"The management of the CDC at the time made it clear their goal was to make studies to make guns look bad."

Were you under the employ of the CDC at this time? Can you provide a citation? Maybe you mean to state that their goal was unbiased scientific review, and the by-product was that it would make guns look bad?

And I wouldn't be citing Kleck. Besides being a favored citation in NRA "research" circle-jerks, he's junk - the NRA has tried over and over again to fund studies that replicate his results with no luck and his initial assumptions are wild.

http://oneutah.org/gun-control/national-rifle-association-continues-to-feed-its-readers-demonstrable-lies-and-distortions/

And I do appreciate your Australian example, however, the authors of that study have a vested interest. Jeanine Baker is a former state president of the SSAA and Samara McPhedran was the chair for the International Coalition for Women in Shooting and Hunting. I think the same studies, conducted in the United States, by academics that are not in industry, that have no conflict of interest, would be interesting to see. Unfortunately, these seem to be very difficult to find. Hence my original post.