The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy came as the U.S. grappled with another summer weekend marked by deadly mass shootings.
  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    4 months ago

    I think that this might enable them to do some meaningful research into gun violence. Meaningful research that does not exist in the US in 2024 because the NRA lobbies against anyone that attempts to publish data on the subject.

    There’s a long list of public entities that are prohibited from publishing this research. Really strange in a country where guns are so available.

      • SupraMario@lemmy.world
        14·
        4 months ago

        No they did not. Tons of research has come out during that time. They put a stop to funding research that held a bias. Which at the time was from the CDC wanting to make shit up to push an anti2a agenda. The head of the CDC stated during that time that they wanted to use research to prove guns are a public health crisis, no matter how the came to that conclusion. They had a ton of really flawed studies as well that were proven to be terrible studies with a major bias. In science you can’t just make studies say what you want without being criticized, and that’s what they did. It’s why the dickey amendment was passed with bipartisan support in 96.

        Edit: you can downvote me all you want, this is exactly what happened. This isn’t some fake news shit from the repubs, it’s actual history. It’s not my fault you’ve been fed a lie that the cdc was bared from studying gun violence.

        • Granbo's Holy Hotrod@lemmy.world
          3·
          4 months ago

          We were just entering the distopian gun fetish hell hole in 96. 2001 pushed us over the edge. Every chaw head feared terrorists and then faux news yelled them into being anxious over their neighbors and urban centers. Science has time and time again shown that faciests are bad and giving them guns is bad for everyone.

  • andrewth09@lemmy.world
    9·
    4 months ago

    I don’t see the US Surgeon General as the correct person to make meaningful changes to curve gun violence.

    I do see this as the perfect story for right-wing pundits to turn this into a “the military is gonna take your guns” dog whistle.

    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      They’ll say the gubment is taking your guns either way, so we might as well try and fix shit anyway.

    • BertramDitore@lemmy.worldEnglish
      372·
      4 months ago

      It feels right to me. People are being injured, maimed, permanently disabled, and killed. All by a particular piece of readily available technology. When we can point to the single thing that causes all those individual health emergencies, and it’s consistently happening across the country on a daily basis to many many people, in public spaces that are otherwise quite safe, that’s most definitely a public health crisis.