Surgeon general declares firearm violence in America a public health crisis
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a report Tuesday declaring firearm-related violence and its consequential psychological ramification a "public health crisis."
"Today, for the first time in the history of our office, I am issuing a Surgeon General's Advisory on firearm violence," Murthy said in a video announcement. "It outlines the urgent threat firearm violence poses to the health and well-being of our country." Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
"As a doctor, I've seen the consequences of firearm violence up close and the lives of the patients that cared for over the years," the surgeon general continued. "These are moms and dads, sons and daughters, all of whom were robbed of their physical and mental health by senseless acts of violence."
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