There is truth to the 'research will lead to gun-control'.  Back when the funding was removed from the CDC (~2.5 million from a 2.2 billion budget) you had people claiming to be researchers saying how much they hated guns, and they were going to PROVE their point thru tax payer funded research.  i.e. stating a conclusion and then building data to support the desired conclusion.  NOT science.  Add that the CDC started giving grants directly to gun control groups to organize protests, and it's no wonder they got such a healthy slap on the wrist.

No other government or public entity has such a budgetary ban, btw.