New Gun Research Center Funded by Firearms Executives Aims to Diversify Debate

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From the WSJ.

University of Wyoming initiative reignites discussion of bias in the field of study
By Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson
Jan. 29, 2023 8:00 am ET

The University of Wyoming’s law school has launched a new center for gun research funded in part by executives from the firearms industry, which its founders say will bring new viewpoints to the field of study.

While Second Amendment advocates have funded academic studies and research before, the new Firearms Research Center at the University of Wyoming is the first venture of its kind at an academic institution in recent decades, according to gun researchers.

Most other gun research at universities is funded by the government or private foundations, as well as gun-control supporters in some instances.

Its opening comes amid a renewed debate over gun control following a recent pair of mass shootings in California and a rise in gun violence during the first two years of the pandemic.

The Firearms Research Center’s founders, law professor George Mocsary and gun historian Ashley Hlebinsky, declined to disclose the names of their backers or how much money had been donated. They said the center, which also includes an additional law professor and a researcher, will offer public lectures and a website with legal scholarship and exhibits on firearms history.

They said they hope to research issues including how to prevent suicides involving firearms, and to hold symposia on gun-policy issues that include people such as hunters, members of the military and law-enforcement officers.

“To have credibility, we have to welcome all voices,” said Mr. Mocsary, who has previously done research and written articles opposing some gun regulations and arguing that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to bear arms. “It’s important for this to be an ongoing conversation, not just when a tragedy happens.”

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[streaker69]

They said they hope to research issues including how to prevent suicides involving firearms, and to hold symposia on gun-policy issues that include people such as hunters, members of the military and law-enforcement officers.

Large group of people missing from the chosen ones.

[HanzMcFeely]

In before the liberal anti gun think tanks start shouting “domestic whitey terrorists destroying the safety and american way of life”

[Walleye Hunter]

I can't understand why there is so much concern for those who want to commit suicide. Particularly when they are trying to kill people in various other ways. I even believe that suicide should be a constitutional right. My body, my choice.

[Capt]

I never understood why everybody gets all excited over suiside. They'll protest the elimantion of killing babys that have no choice yet a person that wants to end it (his or her choice can't) But like evrything else seems to be two standards