{"id":2413648,"date":"2025-03-18T09:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T13:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-site-declaring-gun-violence-a-public-health-crisis-retired\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T09:41:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T13:41:01","slug":"hhs-site-declaring-gun-violence-a-public-health-crisis-retired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-site-declaring-gun-violence-a-public-health-crisis-retired\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS site declaring gun violence a public health crisis retired"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhhs-site-declaring-gun-violence-a-public-health-crisis-retired%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">HHS site declaring gun violence a public health crisis&nbsp;disappears<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2042774\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Department of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Health and Human Services<\/a> seemingly scrubbed an advisory on <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">gun violence<\/a> from its website.<\/p>\n<p>A webpage created last June marked the first time the Office of the Surgeon General issued an advisory on guns. Then Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis. While the press release on the topic is still live on the HHS website, the advisory containing &ldquo;firearm risk prevention strategies&rdquo; and &ldquo;mental health action and support&rdquo; can no longer be found.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3350571\/democrats-unite-opposition-medicaid-cuts\/\">Democrats aim to unite behind opposition to Medicaid cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3350108\/beef-tallow-what-to-know-about-the-seed-oil-alternative\/\">Beef tallow: What to know about the seed oil alternative touted by RFK Jr.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3349891\/department-of-veterans-affairs-gender-reassignment-treatment\/\">VA will no longer cover gender reassignment treatment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re sorry, but there is no www.hhs.gov page that matches your entry. Possible reasons: The page may have been moved, it no longer exists, or the address may have been typed incorrectly,&rdquo; the website read as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to HHS for comment.<\/p>\n<p>This comes weeks after President Donald Trump signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"executive order\">executive order<\/a> titled&nbsp;&ldquo;Protecting Second Amendment Rights,&rdquo; which instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to review and reverse any regulation the Biden White House issued to restrict guns. Bondi was due to issue a report within 30 days of the order but has passed the deadline twice after receiving an extension for Mar. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Gun control advocates responded to the advisory online. Among them was the Newton Action Alliance, a group formed after the 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/941156\/gun-manufacturer-reaches-settlement-with-sandy-hook-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sandy Hook shooting\">Sandy Hook shooting<\/a>, where 26 people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s clear the Trump Administration does not care that guns are the leading cause of death for American children &amp; teens,&rdquo; the group wrote X. The post included a link to the archived advisory.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s clear the Trump Administration does not care that guns are the leading cause of death for American children &amp; teens.   Even though Trump wiped out the Surgeon General&#8217;s advisory, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GIFFORDS_org?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GIFFORDS_org<\/a> <br \/>preserved it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P0OQDboBLU\">https:\/\/t.co\/P0OQDboBLU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0zxV1f4J5P\">https:\/\/t.co\/0zxV1f4J5P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Newtown Action Alliance (@NewtownAction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewtownAction\/status\/1901798040572252252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Gun violence is the leading cause of death among children in America, but HHS just removed a former surgeon general&rsquo;s warning declaring gun violence a public health crisis to comply with the president&rsquo;s executive order to &lsquo;protect Second Amendment rights,&#8217;&rdquo; anti-gun violence group Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By removing this important public health advisory with lifesaving resources, President Trump has chosen to prioritize gun industry profits over protecting kids and families,&rdquo; gun control advocacy group GIFFORDS executive director Emma Brown said in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/giffords.org\/press-release\/2025\/03\/trump-administration-deletes-surgeon-general-webpage-with-advisory-on-gun-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Guns have been the number one killer of American children and adolescents since 2020, and non-partisan health care experts have understood gun violence as a public health crisis for years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3343545\/hurricane-helene-action-plan-not-acceptable-over-dei-criteria-scott-turner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HURRICANE HELENE ACTION PLAN &lsquo;NOT ACCEPTABLE&rsquo; OVER DEI CRITERIA: SCOTT TURNER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit organization Gun Violence Archive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunviolencearchive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a> that gun deaths, excluding suicides, decreased for the third consecutive year in 2024. Teenage and child victims of gun violence totaled 5,151 last year, with 1,403 fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>Mass shooting events, which pertain to gun violence involving at least four people, remain high. In 2021, there were a record 689 mass shooting events, with 2023 marking the second-highest year on record with 30 fewer instances. Last year, there was a slight decrease to 503.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2042774\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2042774\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HHS site declaring gun violence a public health crisis\u00a0disappears The Department of Health and Human Services seemingly scrubbed an advisory on gun violence from its website. 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