Trump Admin Removes Advisory From HHS Website Labeling Gun Violence a Health Crisis
Second Amendment advocates praised the move, but gun control proponents said it puts gun industry profits ahead of children and families.
Trump Admin Removes Advisory From HHS Website Labeling Gun Violence a Health Crisis
by Michael Clements
3/18/2025
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.
“HHS and the Office of the Surgeon General are complying with President Trump’s Executive Order on Protecting Second Amendment Rights,” Emily G. Hilliard, HHS deputy press secretary, wrote in an email to The Epoch Times.
Second Amendment advocates praised the move.
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