{"id":16784,"date":"2015-12-05T17:09:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T17:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/?p=16784"},"modified":"2015-12-05T17:09:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T17:09:19","slug":"mdfdeusa-cop21-standing-tall-with-the-people-of-san-bernardino-calif-jesuisparis-notafraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2015\/12\/05\/mdfdeusa-cop21-standing-tall-with-the-people-of-san-bernardino-calif-jesuisparis-notafraid\/","title":{"rendered":"MDFDE\/USA: #COP21 Standing TALL with the People of San Bernardino, Calif. #JeSuisParis #NotAfraid"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>California Jerry Brown speaks during a working session for &#8220;Action Day&#8221; at the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change in Le Bourget on December 5, 2015. (ERIC FEFERBERG \/ AFP\/Getty Images)<\/address>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Latest<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 itemprop=\"headline\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jerry Brown: San Bernardino attack is a &#8216;clear indication that this is a global phenomenon&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<address>December 5, 2015, 7:11 AM Reporting from Paris<\/address>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a title=\"Jerry Brown\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/topic\/politics-government\/jerry-brown-PEPLT007547-topic.html\">Jerry Brown<\/a> considered canceling his trip to Paris after Wednesday&#8217;s mass shooting\u00a0in San Bernardino, but he decided to move forward with his plans when it became clear that the\u00a0attack was over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there were still active shooters out there, he would not have come,&#8221; said Nancy McFadden, a top aide to the governor.<\/p>\n<p>During the attack, a\u00a0husband and wife\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/california\/la-me-1205-christmas-party-20151205-story.html\">opened fire on an office gathering<\/a>, killing 14, before being\u00a0shot and killed by police. Authorities are investigating the suspects&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/crime\/la-me-sb-shooting-20151204-story.html\">connections with extremists.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brown delayed his trip by a day to travel\u00a0to San Bernardino for a meeting with law enforcement officials.\u00a0He arrived in Paris on Saturday, where he&#8217;s scheduled to participate in nearly\u00a0two dozen events related to the United Nations\u00a0summit on climate change.<\/p>\n<aside data-adloader-networktype=\"yieldmo\" data-role=\"delayload_item\" data-screen-size=\"mobile\" data-withinviewport-options=\"bottomOffset=100&amp;topOffset=1000000\" data-load-method=\"trb.vendor.yieldmo.init\" data-load-type=\"method\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an important topic, this is an important forum,&#8221; Brown said in an interview. &#8220;California has a role to play, and I wanted to make sure I did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;At the same time, I don\u2019t want to minimize the\u00a0significance of this terrorist attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLYQS0mljdU\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-sac-jerry-brown-terrorism-san-bernardino-20151205-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLYQS0mljdU\" target=\"_blank\">San Bernardino honors shooting victims at vigil &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLYQS0mljdU\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLYQS0mljdU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>San Bernardino shooters &#8216;supporters&#8217; of ISIS, terror group says<\/h1>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/faithcnn\" target=\"_blank\">Faith Karimi<\/a> and Yousuf Basil, CNN Updated 1244 GMT (2044 HKT) December 5, 2015 | Video Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/shows\/ac-360\">CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><cite>(CNN) <\/cite>ISIS on Saturday hailed the two people <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/specials\/san-bernardino-shooting\">who massacred<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/12\/03\/us\/san-bernardino-shootings-victims\/index.html\">14 people<\/a> in Southern California this week as &#8220;supporters&#8221; of the terror group &#8212; a message that came after U.S. investigators said they suspect one of the shooters professed loyalty to the Islamist network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLYQS0mljdU\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2015\/12\/05\/us\/san-bernardino-shooting\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Lawmaker Who Was \u2018Life Member\u2019 Of NRA Quits After San Bernardino Massacre<\/h2>\n<p>by <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/?person=aollstein\">Alice Ollstein<\/a> <time datetime=\"Dec 4, 2015 10:55 am\">Dec 4, 2015 10:55 am<\/time><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.thinkprogress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04094906\/AP_239254664316-1024x710.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<address>CREDIT: AP Photo\/Julie Jacobson<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former Nevada Assembly Speaker and candidate for Congress John Oceguera <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnoceguera.com\/2015\/12\/03\/why-im-resigning-my-nra-membership\/\">wrote to the National Rifle Association<\/a> this week asking them to remove his name from their membership list.<\/p>\n<p>Calling himself a \u201claw-abiding gun owner\u201d who grew up in a family of hunters, and \u201cLife Member\u201d of the NRA, the Democratic candidate for the House said Wednesday\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/home\/2015\/12\/02\/3727465\/san-bernadino-shooting\/\">mass shooting<\/a> in San Bernardino, California was the final straw for his relationship with the pro-gun lobby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country is facing a tragic gun violence epidemic, and we cannot ignore it,\u201d he wrote. \u201cStill, the NRA opposes any legislation that would help keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, criminals and the mentally ill, and spends millions to stop any action in Congress that could help prevent further violence. I cannot continue to be a member while the NRA refuses to back closing these loopholes.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The NRA opposes any legislation that would help keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, criminals and the mentally ill.<\/span><\/strong><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p>Criticism of the NRA\u2019s political lobbying against gun control measures \u2014 which totals in the <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2015\/12\/02\/3727709\/lawmakers-offer-prayers-for-mass-shooting-victims-receive-large-checks-from-the-nra\/\">tens of millions<\/a> annually \u2014 erupted on social media and in the press following the San Bernardino rampage that left 14 dead and more than a dozen wounded. The <em>New York Daily News<\/em> ran a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/daily-news-nra-terrorist_5661120fe4b079b2818e14bd\">cover page<\/a> calling NRA leader Wayne LaPierre a terrorist, and blasting the organization\u2019s \u201csick gun jihad against America in the name of profit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/justice\/2015\/12\/01\/3715552\/gun-lobby-tobacco-industry\/\">investigation<\/a> published by ThinkProgress this week documents how the gun industry has spent tens of millions of dollars to convince lawmakers not to impose regulations on them. Their influence is particularly strong in Nevada, where they <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/influence-game-nra-lobbying-targets-courthouses-080346429--politics.html\">showered<\/a> Republican, pro-gun Dean Heller with campaign donations in 2011 that helped him secure a Senate seat, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/03\/08\/elissa-cadish-nomination_n_2838082.html\">successfully tanked<\/a> the nomination of federal judicial nominee Elissa Cadish in 2013 after she wrote that she doesn\u2019t believe Americans have the constitutional right to own guns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLYQS0mljdU\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2015\/12\/04\/3728239\/nra-nevada-quitting\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0*******************<\/p>\n<header id=\"article-header\">\n<div>Health<\/p>\n<h2>Physicians Demand End To 20-Year-Old Ban On Gun Violence Research<\/h2>\n<p>by <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/?person=azielinski\">Alex Zielinski<\/a> <time datetime=\"Dec 2, 2015 3:55 pm\">Dec 2, 2015 3:55 pm<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.thinkprogress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02154101\/docs-1024x768.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<address>CREDIT: Alex Zielinski<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<p><strong>Dr. Nina Agrawal speaks at the Wednesday press conference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mass shootings, gang violence, domestic abuse, suicide, accidents \u2014 gun violence in the United States comes in many forms. And often. In the past week, the country has seen already two mass shootings. Every day, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/nvsr\/nvsr64\/nvsr64_02.pdf\">89 people <\/a>die because of gun-related violence. Experts estimate guns may soon surpass vehicle accidents to the country\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/justice\/2014\/02\/22\/3320751\/gun-deaths-surpass-car-accidents-leading-cause-young-people\/\">leading cause of deaths<\/a>. President Barack Obama has repeatedly urged lawmakers to not make this the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/obama-planned-parenthood-shooting_5659bdd1e4b079b2818a79f3\">\u201cnew normal.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to finding solutions to this national problem, there\u2019s a major roadblock standing in the way. It\u2019s been decades since any federally-funded scientific research has been done on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why members of Congress joined physicians from across the country Wednesday morning to demand an end to the Dickey Amendment, a 20-year-old law banning any federal research on gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGun violence is among the most difficult public health challenges we face as a country, but because of the deeply misguided ban on research, we know very little about it,\u201d said Rep. David Price, vice chair to the House of Representatives\u2019 Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. \u201cRegardless of where we stand in the debate over gun violence, we should all be able to agree that this debate should be informed by objective data and robust scientific research.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">On public health matters, it\u2019s critical we listen to doctors\u2014not politicians<\/span><\/strong><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p>This ban, supported by the National Rifle Association (NRA), has effectively silenced researchers at both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) for conducting any comprehensive studies on what causes violence \u2014 and what can be done to prevent it \u2014 since 1996. As expected, it\u2019s left public health experts and policymakers with little to lean on as they attempt to craft new legislation to help quell the fatal trend.<\/p>\n<p>At Wednesday\u2019s press conference, led by Doctors for America, doctors presented a petition signed by more than 2,000 physicians in all 50 states requesting an end to the restriction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing to me that we\u2019ve made little progress in the past 20 years in finding solutions to gun violence,\u201d said Dr. Nina Agrawal, who\u2019s been a pediatrician in the South Bronx for years. \u201cIn my career, I\u2019ve seen children lives saved from measles, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, motor vehicle accidents\u2026because of federal scientific data and research. It\u2019s frustrating that the CDC is not permitted to do the same type of research for gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, GOP leaders have tried to make gun violence an issue that requires mental health research, despite the fact that less than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4318286\/\">3 percent<\/a> of U.S. crimes involve someone with a mental illness. And the most recent argument against CDC-funded research is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2015\/07\/gun-violence-research-cdc-boehner\">\u201ca gun is not a disease\u201d<\/a> \u2014 even though the CDC has been researching motor vehicles, natural disasters, poor ventilation systems, and many other topics that wouldn\u2019t be labeled a disease for years. The politicians behind these arguments have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/janetstemwedel\/2015\/10\/15\/congressional-ban-hampers-cdc-scientists-from-studying-gun-suicides\/\">yet to suggest<\/a> simply allocating money to another government agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoliticians have put a gag order on public health research for gun violence only to score political points,\u201d said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who also spoke at the event. \u201cOn public health matters, it\u2019s critical we listen to doctors \u2014 not politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Common sense dictates we need to do something about this.<\/span><\/strong><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p>Some have tried to roll back these restrictions before. While President Barack Obama signed an executive order following the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut school shooting to restore funds to gun violence studies, Congress has consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/storyline\/wp\/2015\/01\/14\/why-the-cdc-still-isnt-researching-gun-violence-despite-the-ban-being-lifted-two-years-ago\/\">blocked all requests for funding<\/a>. And the law itself remains in place.<\/p>\n<p>Even the congressman who lent his name to the initial amendment, former Rep. Jay Dickey, has publicly expressed his regret for backing the bill. He lent his support to Wednesday\u2019s press conference by sending a letter to Rep. Mike Thompson, chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, to read at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was never in opposition of doing research, he was in opposition to using that to harm the Second Amendment,\u201d Thompson explained, comparing the issue to past research on automobile deaths. \u201cNo one did it do do away with cars, because clearly you could end all auto deaths if you did away with cars. It\u2019s ridiculous to jump to that conclusion. No one is calling [to do away with guns]. We\u2019re calling for good public policy to get to the root of this problem we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Price stressed that press events like this are key to influencing members of Congress who are currently in negotiations for an omnibus appropriations bill that could include changes to the Dickey Amendment. The doctors present all agreed that current policy is not working.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing emotions and belief systems to address policy is a bad idea and is going to get us nowhere. So to develop effective policy we must conduct evidence-based research,\u201d said Dr. David Berman, a physician from St. Petersburg, Florida, who spoke. \u201cCommon sense dictates we need to do something about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event ended just a few hours before news broke of a <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/home\/2015\/12\/02\/3727465\/san-bernadino-shooting\/\">mass shooting in San Bernardino, California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLYQS0mljdU\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/health\/2015\/12\/02\/3727406\/doctors-gun-violence-research\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLYQS0mljdU\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/justice\/2015\/12\/01\/3715552\/gun-lobby-tobacco-industry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Jerry Brown speaks during a working session for &#8220;Action Day&#8221; at the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change in Le Bourget on December 5, 2015. (ERIC FEFERBERG \/ AFP\/Getty Images) &nbsp; Latest: Jerry Brown: San Bernardino attack is a &#8216;clear indication that this is a global phenomenon&#8217; December 5, 2015, 7:11 AM Reporting 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