Three decades ago, a pair of researchers wrote in one of the country’s leading medical journals about a common cause of death and injury in the United States that received very little federal funding. “A thorough review of research awards for 1983 failed to identify a single research project on the topic of firearm injuries,” the authors wrote after scouring a database of the research funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Three decades ago, a pair of researchers wrote in one of the country’s leading medical journals about a common cause of death and injury in the United States that received very little federal funding. “A thorough review of research awards for 1983 failed to identify a single research project on the topic of firearm injuries,” the authors wrote after scouring a database of the research funded by the National Institutes of Health.