CDC implements gun violence study after naming it a 'public health threat'

After CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced in August that gun violence was a "public health threat," that agency has now implemented a new plan to study it.

The CDC has undertaken a new study that would dig into how often a person is injured by a firearm in the US. They will discover what kinds of weapons are involved, how they are used, the causes between the shooter and the gunshot victim, and the underlying causes of those altercations.

"I swore to the President and to this country that I would protect your health. This is clearly one of those moments, one of those issues that is harming America's health," Walensky said.

In April, President Joe Biden said that gun violence is a "public health epidemic."