California Firearm Violence Research Center

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The California Firearm Violence Research Center is a forthcoming research center the California legislature approved to fund on June 16, 2016.[1] The center will live within the University of California and will be the first publicly charted center in the United States.[2][3] Garen Wintemute and Senator Lois Wolk led the proposal to create the center.[1] With access to California's gun violence data, the center will investigate policy efficacy, links between gun violence and alcohol abuse, and more.[1] California's annual death rate related to gun violence has dropped 20% since 2000, despite an unchanged national rate.[2] This center hopes to determine whether other states can replicate this outcome, as research may surface factors that led to the decline.[2] The UC system will finalize details in the summer of 2016 to start recruiting scientists for its research projects.[4] The National Rifle Association opposed the inclusion of the center, as they have lobbied for decades against federal and taxpayer money researching gun violence.[5] Several bills have been turned down in Congress due to a lack of data on the impact of gun violence on public health, and the center's founders hope to provide necessary data to advance legislation.[5]

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  1. ^ a b c "Congress Refuses, So California Funds Its Own Gun Violence Research Center". Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  2. ^ a b c "California to fund first public research center on gun violence in the United States". 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  3. ^ "New UC Davis Center To Research Gun Violence". CBS SF Bay Area. CBS. 29 Aug 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  4. ^ "California Funds Nation's First Firearm Research Center". California Health Report. 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  5. ^ a b "Updates on California politics: Gov. Jerry Brown signs new state budget, sweeping changes proposed to California's public utilities agency". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-06-28.


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