California Lawmakers Considering State-Funded Research On Gun Violence

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Lawmakers are considering a bill that would fund a new UC Center to study gun violence and prevention.
The statistics are clear—guns kill 30,000 Americans a year, but Garen Wintemute says no one knows for certain why people kill or how those deaths could be preventable.
“Studying firearm violence is no different than studying cancer heart disease or motor vehicle trauma,” the UC Davis violence prevention researcher said.
He’s one of a few resear