article_snippet.sent: Despite this increase, no studies have been undertaken to document the cost to society that such shootings demand.
article_snippet.sent: Last month, a team doctors noted in the Annals of Internal Medicine that the issue is 'a public health crisis'.
article_snippet.sent: The medical journal also noted that such studies have been avoided because of the influence that the National Rifle Association and other pro-gun groups have on political leaders.
article_snippet.sent: the Annals of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine called this 'suppression of science'.
article_snippet.sent: Mother Jones added: 'Political forces had effectively banned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other scientific agencies from funding research on gun-related injury and death.
article_snippet.sent: The ban worked: A recent systematic review of studies evaluating access to guns and The ban association with suicide and homicide identified no relevant studies published since 2005.'
article_snippet.sent: The shooter or shooters were never caught.