What Barrier Do Researchers in the U

question 21

Multiple Choice

What barrier do researchers in the U.S. face in the effort to study gun violence?

• A) Congress prohibits federal money being used to study the social effects of guns.
• B) Social researchers are uninterested in the topic.
• C) Social researchers who have studied guns in the past have been harassed, so researchers now are hesitant to do it.
• D) The social aspects of gun ownership in the U.S. are relatively stable, so no new research is needed.

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