Trump Admin Removes Advisory From HHS Website Labeling Gun Violence a Health Crisis

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Second Amendment advocates praised the move, but gun control proponents said it puts gun industry profits ahead of children and families.

The June 2024 advisory by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declaring violent crime involving guns a public health crisis has been removed from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website.

The unprecedented advisory was the realization of a goal for gun control proponents.

An HHS spokesperson said the change was made to comply with a Feb. 7 executive order.

โ€œHHS and the Office of the Surgeon General are complying with President Trumpโ€™s Executive Order on Protecting Second Amendment Rights,โ€ Emily G. Hilliard, HHS deputy press secretary, wrote in an email to The Epoch Times.

Second Amendment advocates praised the move.

Erich Pratt, senior vice president of Gun Owners of America, said Murthy was selected by President Joe Biden mainly for his views on gun control. Pratt said the Biden administration was attempting to sidestep the U.S. Constitution to implement its gun control plans.

Pratt said the real issue is fighting crime, not disease.

โ€œScrapping that absurd โ€˜advisoryโ€™ from the HHS website was a no-brainer and absolutely the correct call,โ€ Pratt stated in a text message to The Epoch Times.

โ€œThe true health emergency in this country is how Democrat-run cities play catch-and-release with hardened criminals while slapping law-abiding concealed carriers with off-limits zones left and right.โ€

Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said the advisory was an empty gesture that did nothing to reduce crime or suicides.

โ€œThe surgeon general should have never issued this advisory. He was just catering to the gun control lobby. Its total effect was symbolism over substance. Gun ownership is not a communicable disease,โ€ Gottlieb told The Epoch Times.

Byย Michael Clements

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