The CDC Isn’t About Science —
It’s About 'Gun Control'

By Jason Ouimet. Mar 5, 2023

Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CNN that the supposed public-health agency would be increasing its focus on violence committed with firearms.

In August 2021, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CNN that the supposed public-health agency would be increasing its focus on violence committed with firearms. Referencing the agency’s approach to the issue, Walensky said, “it’s pedal-to-the-metal time.” In an attempt to allay legitimate concerns about the agency’s new emphasis on guns, the director claimed, “I’m not here about 'gun control'.”

Hogwash.

As it turns out, the CDC is “about 'gun control'.”

According to emails obtained by internet firearm publication The Reload, from 2021-2022, the CDC collaborated with gun-control advocates to suppress scientific research demonstrating the widespread use of firearms for self-defense.

In early 1993, Florida State University professors of criminology Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz sought to measure the prevalence of defensive-gun uses (DGUs). The pair designed the National Self-Defense Survey and polled Americans by telephone on whether they had used a gun for self-defense. .....