US Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence ‘a Public Health Crisis’
By Rachana Pradhan & Fred Clasen-Kelly – U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, as gun deaths and injuries punctuate daily life in America. On nearly every day of 2024 so far, a burst of gunfire has hit at least four people somewhere in the country. Some days, communities have endured four or five such shootings.