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Outtake: A brief commentary on the Dickey Amendment
In 1996, Representative Jay Dickey, junior Republican from Arkansas, inserted a rider into the US federal government omnibus spending bill. The Dickey Amendment mandated: “. . . none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control."