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Is unconstitutional to do research on gun violence due to the second amendment? And if so doesn't that violate our first amendment?
DOING RESEARCH ON GUN VIOLENCE IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THE MORE COMPLICATED ISSUE IS WHETHER ONE HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO USE STATE FUNDS TO DO RESEARCH ON GUN VIOLENCE. IN GENERAL, AND WITH LOTS OF EXCEPTIONS, STATES CAN CHOSE WHAT THEY WISH TO FUND AND WHAT THEY WILL NOT FUND. SO, A STATE LAW THAT SAID "WE DO NOT FUND RESEARCH ON GUN VIOLENCE" IS CONSTITUTIONAL, BUT A STATE LAW THAT SAID "NO ONE MAY RESEARCH GUN VIOLENCE" IS UNCONTITUTIONAL.
