Not Everyone’s Buying The Surgeon General’s Public Health Edict

We recently told you how U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory declaring “gun violence” to be a “public health crisis” and recommending it be treated as such. Since then, many people, politicians and organizations have pushed back against the illogical idea. As some background, on June 25 Murthy announced the declaration in the … Read more

Guns as a Public Health Crisis is Election Year B.S.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s declaration that “gun violence” is a “public health crisis” is nothing short of election-year politicking masquerading in a white lab coat. This is the very reason that NSSF opposed his nomination and confirmation three years ago. Surgeon General Murthy’s bias toward gun control was evident when he previously served as … Read more

MORE LIES: Citing fake data, U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a “Public Health” Crisis

United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared that “gun violence” constitutes a public health crisis Tuesday but cited fake mass-shooting data from the long-debunked Gun Violence Archive to support his spurious claims. Murthy presented his finding in a 40-page Surgeon General advisory, titled “Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America.” “While mass shooting deaths represent … Read more