; firearm disenfranchisement, bans, confiscation, or registration, or other gun control measures; and any other restriction on firearms or other self defense tools. (2) Protection for non-political research The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of the National Institutes of Health may carry out research on medical procedures, practices, treatments, medicines, and therapies related to firearm injuries and recovery. (j) Gun rights are women's rights (1) In general The Director of the Office on Violence Against Women may not carry out an initiative to reduce the lethality of firearms. (2) Second amendment exercise This subsection shall not be construed to prevent the encouragement and training of women to exercise the right to self defense protected under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (k) Preventing misuse of community violence intervention initiatives Amounts appropriated under Federal law may not be used for community violence intervention and prevention in a manner that results in the denial, without due process, of the exercise of the right of an individual under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (l) Preventing the targeting of patriots as domestic violent extremists (1) In general Amounts appropriated under Federal law may not be used to investigate a citizen of the United States or an organization based solely on— (A) patriotism; (B) the belief that gun control is unconstitutional or a violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or (C) reference to, affiliation with, or promotion of— (i) the Revolutionary War; or (ii) founding era ideology, imagery, symbols, or quotes, including— (I) the Gadsden flag; (II) the Liberty Tree; (III) the Betsy Ross flag; (IV) Minutemen