 Gun violence is a public health crisis, and the Surgeon General needs to get involved. Gun violence. So this is what General Vivek Murthy on Tuesday said. He declared gun violence a public health crisis, furthering Democrats' war on gun rights. His statement was this, and he has a 40-page pamphlet on why Americans should let the government infringe on their Second Amendment. He said this. Today, for the first time in history, our office, I'm issuing a Surgeon General advisory on firearm violence.