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California Firearm Violence Research Center

Summary

The California Firearm Violence Research Center is a research center at University of California, Davis, founded July 2017.[1] It was approved for funding by the California state legislature on June 16, 2016.[2] The center operates within the University of California and is the country’s first state-funded firearm violence research center.[3][4] Garen Wintemute and Senator Lois Wolk led the proposal to create the center.[2] With access to California's gun violence data, the center investigates policy efficacy, links between gun violence and alcohol abuse, and more.[2] California's annual death rate related to gun violence has dropped 20% since 2000, despite an unchanged national rate.[3] This center hopes to determine whether other states can replicate this outcome, as research may surface factors that led to the decline.[3] The National Rifle Association of America opposed the inclusion of the center, as they have lobbied for decades against federal and taxpayer money researching gun violence.[5] Several bills have been turned down in Congress due to a lack of data on the impact of gun violence on public health, and the center's founders hope to provide necessary data to advance legislation.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "About the California Firearm Violence Research Center (CA FVRC)". UC Davis Health. UC Davis. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Congress Refuses, So California Funds Its Own Gun Violence Research Center". Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  3. ^ a b c "California to fund first public research center on gun violence in the United States". 2016-06-17. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  4. ^ "New UC Davis Center To Research Gun Violence". CBS SF Bay Area. CBS. 29 Aug 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  5. ^ a b "Updates on California politics: Gov. Jerry Brown signs new state budget, sweeping changes proposed to California's public utilities agency". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-06-28.