Academics might move away from the work, said Garen Wintemute, who directs a gun violence research center at UC Davis. Read the SeriesFor decades, senior academics outside of California actively discouraged young researchers from studying gun violence, Crifasi said. That changed in 2019, when Congress authorized new federal funds for gun violence research for the first time since 1996. Last year, gun violence researchers held their first ever conference dedicated solely to firearm injury prevention and treatment. “It’s going to be a fierce battle,” said Mark Rosenberg, a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who oversaw early efforts to research gun violence in the 1990s.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 25, 2023 23:43 UTC