The federal government investigates every plane crash, but government agencies are not permitted to investigate gun deaths in order to provide you with the statistics you seek, because the NRA forced their minions in Congress to pass a law forbidding it. It would be comical if it wasn't so damaging to all of us, but at least it exposes them for the frauds they are.  If the stats were on their side, as some of these guncuddlers want you to believe, why would they be so afraid of what such studies would reveal? If the stats would paint a rosy picture of the effect of proliferate guns on our society, why not let the CDC do the research?