Federal Government Funds Gun Violence Research for Third Straight Year

There is no shortage of bad news coming out of Washington, D.C. these days when it comes to Congress’s inability to tackle the scourge of gun violence, but last week saw one bright spot in the passage of the $1.5 trillion dollar budget: Congress allocated “$25 million allocation for gun violence research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. It’s the third year in a row for federal gun violence research funding since it was restarted in 2019 after a decades-long embargo.”

This money will go a long way towards studying America’s gun violence as the public health crisis it is.

Congress also has the chance to act on a bill that will keep kids safe from unsecured, loaded firearms - Ethan’s Law, HR 748. This bill now has Bi-Partisan support in the House, and well over 200 cosponsors. One Representative who has not yet aged to support the bill: Maine’s Own Jared Golden for Congress

Call Rep. Golden today and urge him to co-sponsor Ethan’s Law, which is nearly identical to Maine’s own firearm safe storage law, and would extend the protections afforded Maine’s kids to all kids in this country.

Bangor: (207) 249-7400
Caribou: (207) 492-6009
Lewiston: (207) 241-6767
D.C.: (202) 225-6306