The Trump administration has removed the public health effects of gun violence and advice from Biden-era surgeons on similar web pages from the Health and Human Services (HHS) website.
Former surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a public health advisory on “firearm violence” in 2024. The consultation was part of the Biden administration’s broader efforts to guide additional gun control measures at the federal level.
A HHS spokesperson told the Daily Call News Foundation that the agency and the surgeon general “we are abiding by President Trump. Presidential Order About protecting the second amendment right by deleting a web page.
Related web pages on gun violence are also available now show “Page not found” notification. 40 pages of advisory, yet Accessible Through internet archives, it outlined the physical and mental health effects of gun violence and recommended a “public health approach” to combat gun violence.
Mercy argued that “life-saving actions” would be successful because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “defined a public health approach to violence prevention.”[s]”It included low tobacco use charges and reduced car deaths. The recommendation said the necessary approach to the public health crisis “in emergencies” was “continuous and repetitive.”(Related: Exclusive: CDC champions dealing with racism, “fraud” imprisoning criminals to prevent violence)
New: Today, for the first time in our office history, I am publishing the advice of a surgeon general on firearm violence. Firearm violence is a public health crisis in America and poses a serious threat to our country’s health and well-being. https://t.co/bns7xda96x 1/10 pic.twitter.com/1w43immpxa
– US Surgeon (@surgeon_general) June 25, 2024
President Donald Trump’s executive order states that “the second amendment is an essential protection of security and freedom,” and outlines a “plan of action,” including “thinking all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of the executive branch and agency (agent).”
Former President Joe Biden not only bans on so-called “attack weapons and large-capacity magazines,” but also advocated the abolition of civil liability protections for gun manufacturers that came to light during his first speech to Congress in 2022, calling for an increase in firearms regulations when he went to school.
“I signed the Bipartisan Safer Community Act to protect guns from dangerous hands and took more executive action than any president in history to keep our communities safe,” Biden said in 2023. statement When he founded the Gun Violence Prevention Bureau, it was overseen by former Vice President Kamala Harris. “But as I said before, these are important steps, but they are just the first steps to what you need.” (Related: 14 House Republicans join together with all Democrats to send gun control bills to Biden’s desk)
There are often critics of Biden’s gun policy I pointed Lack of correlation between legal gun ownership and gun violence.
In his February 7 executive order, Trump ordered a review of all federal government “orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of the administrative department and institutions,” including all “presidential lawsuits” during the American term, identifying “continued infringement” of Americans’ second-condition rights.
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