US Surgeon General Declares Health Emergency: It's The Guns!

[Brians356]

From SeekingAlpha (26 June 2024):

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a public health crisis. Statistics quoted included firearms as the leading cause of death for children and adolescents aged 1-19. The landmark advisory is the first highlighting the fatal consequences of firearms, similar to its cigarette warnings put in place in the 1960s. It would need an act of Congress, but Murthy called for an assault weapon ban for civilians, universal background checks, policies governing who can carry a loaded firearm in public, and regulation of the industry.

We report; you decide.
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[Fast14riot]

Thread title should say Surgeon General.

 

[BigBolt]

Add cars to the list as they kill more than guns.

 

[dryhumor]

Math.

How many children? And how does the quantity relate to population growth? What demographic? What population center? What education level? Intended victim or unintentional victim? Legal or illegal weapon? Terminal disease? Suicide? Mental decline?

Seems like there’s too many unaddressed variables to reach the conclusion that it was the gun’s fault.

 

[Abram]

If you believe the numbers, drugs coming across the border kill more than guns. I think it was reported to be 100,000+ in a single year. A Surgeon general should be more concerned with illicit drugs than towing the liberal line for the Democrats.

and while we are wanting to control deadly items let's add Alcohol to the list

 

[jghoghunter]

If its declared a National Health issue they can throw all kinds of money at it and use different routs to control it and us. Anybody remember covid!

 

[abishai]

I am pretty sure my Chinese AK caused covid

 

[ebb]

It's a mental health issue and he has just told us he is not doing his job.

 

[FNSafari]

Another political butt entry by the most rabid anti-gun administration in my lifetime...so far.

 

[Turkeytider]

Math.

How many children? And how does the quantity relate to population growth? What demographic? What population center? What education level? Intended victim or unintentional victim? Legal or illegal weapon? Terminal disease? Suicide? Mental decline?

Seems like there’s too many unaddressed variables to reach the conclusion that it was the gun’s fault.

Careful there!! You wouldn`t get very far into those categories before venturing into " racist " territory. It`s far easier just to go after law abiding and mentally competent gun owners with yet another round of laws and restrictions that only they will obey.

 

[Brians356]

Thread title should say Surgeon General.

Thanks, fixed. Too many generals to suit me.
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[rijndael]

Murthy earned an MD from Yale School of Medicine and an MBA from Yale School of Management, where he received a Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

Vivek Murthy - Wikipedia

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[rjs1230]

If you believe the numbers, drugs coming across the border kill more than guns. I think it was reported to be 100,000+ in a single year. A Surgeon general should be more concerned with illicit drugs than towing the liberal line for the Democrats.

and while we are wanting to control deadly items let's add Alcohol to the list

How about doctors

 

[Brians356]

If its declared a National Health issue they can throw all kinds of money at it and use different routs to control it and us. Anybody remember covid!

Nope. Remember the $2.7 Trillion CARES Act of 2020? Congress had to appropriate Coronavirus relief funding. That's why the good doctor appealed directly to Congress to act on his recommendations.
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[tnt50]

From SeekingAlpha (26 June 2024):

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a public health crisis. Statistics quoted included firearms as the leading cause of death for children and adolescents aged 1-19. The landmark advisory is the first highlighting the fatal consequences of firearms, similar to its cigarette warnings put in place in the 1960s. It would need an act of Congress, but Murthy called for an assault weapon ban for civilians, universal background checks, policies governing who can carry a loaded firearm in public, and regulation of the industry.

We report; you decide.
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Hm…hard to believe number one killer is not fentanyl?

 

[jxb]

Every time that guy speaks I just roll my eyes and move on. It's one of those consider the source things.

Besides, things don't kill people, people kill people.

At least until AI evolves to the point it realizes humans are the problem. Even then it certainly won't do it with weapons, it will simply shut everything down and 95% of the population will be gone within a year.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

History repeats, the Nazi used doctors/nurses to start "removing" the unfit. A lot of similarities coming out of the current administration.

 

[M-61]

Surgeon General. Would you let this guy be your surgeon?

It’s a government title. He does not have to an MD
It is a catchy title though.

 

[snert]

So if it is a public health issue (and what is "it" when "it" is "gun violence", a nebulous phrase itself), then declaring such will mean YOUR TAX DOLLARS will be used to FUND the "research" that will be designed to "prove" that restrictions on those who would obey the law are the "answer"...again, to the so-called issue of "gun violence".

Isn't it amazing that our own government, elected and entrenched, is limiting freedom in the effort to control the lawless? And funding the path with dollars paid by those it will deny liberty to? That in itself is an indictment of the government. It has become feckless and without efficacy. It has become tyranny.

This clown is a hack.

 

[dryhumor]

Careful there!! You wouldn`t get very far into those categories before venturing into " racist " territory. It`s far easier just to go after law abiding and mentally competent gun owners with yet another round of laws and restrictions that only they will obey.

It’s all about the root cause…

If a primer blows, you look at temperature, charge weight, powder type, bullet weight, pocket condition, firing pin protrusion, mfr primer recall, powder recall, etc.

I would venture that part of the increase is it is simply following population increasing.

The other variables are never addressed.

Being penalized by the actions of a few is pretty tiresome to those of us who are playing by the rules. More and more laws aren’t the answer, enforcing the ones on the books might be worthwhile though….