14. "Issue a presidential memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence."
They already did this in 1994. The conclusion: "the Task Force's systematic review of the existing literature on firearms laws found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of these laws in preventing violence."
First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness
of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws
Findings from the Task Force on Community
Preventive Services
Prepared by
Robert A. Hahn, Ph.D.1
Oleg O. Bilukha, M.D.,
Ph.D.1
Alex Crosby, M.D.2
Mindy Thompson
Fullilove, M.D.3
Akiva Liberman, Ph.D.4
Eve K.
Moscicki, Sc.D.5
Susan Snyder, Ph.D.1
Farris Tuma,
Sc.D.5
Peter Briss, M.D.1
1Division of
Prevention Research and Analytic Methods
Epidemiology Program Office
2Division of Violence Prevention
National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, CDC
Atlanta, Georgia
3New York State
Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University
New York, New York
4National Institute of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.
5National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
The material in this report was prepared by the Epidemiology
Program Office, Stephen B. Thacker, M.D., Director; Division of Prevention
Research and Analytic Methods, Richard E. Dixon, M.D., Director.