OPINION: The CDC is Funding More Studies into Gun Violence. What is the End Game?
The future of America's administrative state.
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In September, NPR has reported that the CDC is now funding 10 state health departments to collect data on emergency room nonfatal firearm injuries, in addition to 18 other gun research projects. Why is this important? Should the CDC study gun violence? Let’s take a deeper look.
Back in August, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky sat down with CNN for an exclusive interview on the topic of gun violence. In it, CNN wrote:
For the first time in decades, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- the nation's top public health agency -- is speaking out forcefully about gun violence in America, calling it a "serious public health threat."
"Something has to be done about this," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in an exclusive interview with CNN. "Now is the time -- it's pedal to the metal time."
What could she be advocating for? Well, let’s take a look at a different situation that she and the CDC were involved in very recently too that could act as a canary in the coal mine.
Back in August, current CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky issued a temporary eviction ban preventing landlords from evicting tenants in “areas of substantial and high transmission” of COVID-19. However, less than one month later, the US Supreme Court slapped down the CDC’s eviction ban, saying this in their letter:
“It would be one thing if Congress had specifically authorized the action that the CDC has taken. But that has not happened. Instead, the CDC has imposed a nationwide moratorium on evictions in reliance on a decades-old statute that authorizes it to implement measures like fumigation and pest extermination. It strains credulity to believe that this statute grants the CDC the sweeping authority that it asserts.”
Let’s let that sink in for a moment. The CDC gave itself the power to force landlords not to evict their tenants. What’s so bad about that? I’ll ask this: who really owns those properties - the property owners or the government?
That’s not all. Let’s look at this situation with some additional context from The Hill:
Biden acknowledged the obvious — that any new order to extend the moratorium would be unconstitutional. Indeed, he admitted that legal experts overwhelmingly told him so: “The bulk of the constitutional scholarship says that it’s not likely to pass constitutional muster.” Yet he added that he was able to find “several key scholars who think that it may and it’s worth the effort.”
Additionally, in August 2021, CNN wrote:
”Biden spoke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday to discuss the eviction issue and detail his plan to extend the moratorium to certain areas of the country, according to a person familiar with the matter. Pelosi had urged the administration to extend the moratorium, even after officials said it was legally impossible, calling it a "moral imperative."
So not only did the CDC overstep its power by banning evictions for almost a month both key Congressional player Nancy Pelosi and current President Joe Biden were willing to overstep the limitations placed on the government? Even after government officials warned that extending the eviction ban would be government overreach and therefore illegal? I have to ask this: what’s going to stop the government from justifying gun control measures in the future by labeling gun violence in America a “serious public health threat” just like the government did with COVID?
Now, wait, what’s the big deal about gun control? Imagine for a moment, if you will, a future in America where there are almost no guns. What would that look like? Would we be better off? Gun control advocates say yes, but let’s look at another nation that has little gun ownership compared to the United States and see how they’ve been holding up these days.
Australia, 2021
Gun ownership in Australia:
And there are many, many more examples people can find. #Australia on Twitter is a fantastic source.
By the way, this is Australia’s present COVID-19 status:
Johns Hopkins: Australia has a case fatality rate of 1.2%, even lower than America’s 1.6%.
This could be the future of America if the American people allow the government to disarm them. A totalitarian police state. I leave you with this sincere question:
America, the choice is yours, “safety” or freedom?
Thank you for reading.