WASHINGTON—Congress paved the way for a resumption of public-health research into gun violence by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of several measures inserted in a broad spending bill to address the Parkland, Fla., school shooting. In a victory for Democrats, the provision will partially alter the 1996 ban, known as the “Dickey Amendment,” which the CDC has interpreted as a blanket prohibition on gun-violence research. The legislation will explicitly allow the agency to conduct public-health research on...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 21, 2018 21:49 UTC