[1] It was approved for funding by the California state legislature on June 16, 2016.
[3][4] Garen Wintemute and Senator Lois Wolk led the proposal to create the center.
[3] This center hopes to determine whether other states can replicate this outcome, as research may surface factors that led to the decline.
[3] The National Rifle Association of America opposed the inclusion of the center, as they have lobbied for decades against federal and taxpayer money researching gun violence.
[5] Several bills have been turned down in Congress due to a lack of data on the impact of gun violence on public health, and the center's founders hope to provide necessary data to advance legislation.