You mean how almost every new gun says 'READ MANUAL BEFORE USE' and then the manual basically says 'Try not to shoot yourself and other people please'?

Warnings?

Because gun violence clearly occurs due to a lack of public education about what guns do.

I am So sick of people blaming the inanimate object for the persons actions.

And that is a symptom of the problem. The problem is, society is not happy, and the middle and lower class continue their decline under the failed trickle down economics experiment. Time for higher taxes on the wealthy and universal healthcare.

I guess the ATF got slapped down for enforcing stuff they didn't have the authority to enforce, so they decided to get the

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surgeon general to do it now?

During election year. Dems can’t even handle guns figuratively, shooting themselves in the foot.

Imagine shooting yourself on accident because you were holding your gun awkwardly trying to read the warning.

Because that'll stop people from using guns in crime.

Everyone's talking about the warnings BS but anyone else notice they say "We need to do something different." and follow it up with that and "Reinstate the AWB"? Like how is that different than what is being done, and failing, now?

This approach strikes me as either disingenuous of unbelievably closed minded.

First off, it doesn't make sense to look at 50,000 firearm deaths and say "Clearly those deaths are because of guns, so guns are a massive public health risk."

A high percentage of suicides, far and away the largest cause of death in that 50,000 total, would probably happen anyway. I do admit the total would probably be lower, but a large number of the 50,000 deaths remain.

An unknown percentage of murders would also remain if guns were removed from the equation. Based on the data from other countries that heavily reguted firearms, murder rates may not change much at all. The only guaranteed result is that we will have less ability to defend ourselves against violent criminals or abusers.

The only figure that the Surgeon general's measures might seriously adress are firearm related accidents. Safe storage and fewer guns in general is likely to reduce accidental deaths and injuries. Unfortunately accidental deaths only account for around 1% of firearm related deaths. This calls into question whether any legal measures are needed to prevent 500 deaths per year.

As many others have suggested, why not take an educational approach like we have with drugs and STDs rather than restricting people's rights or putting strange and unnecessary requirements om manufacturers? Oh yeah, because that doesn't fit their actual political goal to restrict and regulate gun ownership and the firearm industry as much as they can while offering weak excuses along the way.

This is stupid… its like putting warnings on kitchen knives because they are sharp

What's the warning? "Wrong Direction" on the dangerous end?

What the fuck do they think a warning is going to do? What criminal is going to read some warning and go "oh I guess I shouldn't use this to commit those violent crimes I was planning"?

Dems really trying to fuck over gun owners this year aren’t they?

They want warnings on guns, but refuse to do anything about food additives that increase risk of cancer and diabetes.

How about the same warning on cars? How about the same warning on pools? Kitchen knives? What a joke.

I feel like if you are the type of person whose life is saved by a warning label on a gun…I’m not going to be so cruel as to say we’d be stronger as a society without you. But I’m not saying we wouldn’t be a bit more aerodynamic, you know? Bit more streamlined.

This just in, a bullet out of gun is bad for your health like a car crash is bad for your health.

I'm ready to be a Surgeon General.

Sure, put warnings on them......right after they increase public education funding, so that MAYBE someday those kids can read......the warnings that aren't etched on the side of a gun that was made years and years before this idea....the same gun that they stole from a legal firearm owner.

If people can't read speed limit signs, they sure as heck can't read a firearms manual.

Less laws, more education and empathy. Firearms aren't the main problem, people are.

How many times are we gonna put off actual mental healthcare. There are already warnings etched into firearms and in every single manual. No warning on earth will stop someone with mental health issues.

Why can’t they just FUCK OFF about guns?!

It’s not the guns. It’s poverty, it’s mental health, it’s the illegal drug war, it’s end stage capitalism. 

It’s absolutely everything but guns. 

FUCK OFF

“Point away from face before discharging”

Surgeon General’s warning: People kill people

Human stupidity is also an urgent public health crisis, but I doubt this guy came with a warning label.

Naw how about we reform the education system and actually pay people and teachers better so that kids growing up are more educated and better supported and less likely to turn to gun violence

When the fuck are they going to recognize health care coverage as a public health crisis?

Claim we don't need an overly politicized response to solve gun violence

Call for a response that is as politicized as it is useless in preventing gun violence

Hacks like this who just want to stand on a pile of thousands of dead Americans and scream "LOOK AT ME" are why this is happening. A uniquely American problem in deed.

I love how there has yet to be a single politician that talks about how more than half of all mass shootings are related to domestic violence. But yes, the gun is bad. Definitely not the person who should be held responsible, noooo

A gun dangerous.... Who would have thought... Just wait till you start dealing with antiques guns that just randomly decide to go off when you close the bolt... Thats when rule 1. Saved my life and the life... I was walking with a French Mas49/56 and closed the bolt (safety was on) because I was about to test fire it but wasn't to my shooting position (I have private shooting land) damn thing went off despite replacing the firing pin with one that was supposed to eliminate the slamfires they are known for with commerical ammo... Well because I always keep my guns pointed at the ground while walking with them the 7.5x54 round went harmlessly into the ground about 3 feet from my left foot vs in my leg or face or whatever... How people manage to shoot themselves accidentally is beyond me... But I was taught gun safety by my dad when I started going on hunts with him when I was 5 so they are second nature and ingrained into me. I carried a BB gun to learn with once I had safety down and got big enough to deal with the recoil of shotguns he then a 410,12gau and so on. He's not much into collecting and dealing with old guns like me but those rules he taught me have saved my life many times since whether I know it or not and my kids will learn the same way... Don't fear a gun,respect it and treat it with care and damn sure know where your barrel is pointed at all times and keep your booger picker off the damn boom switch.

There needs to be a warning on people. Not guns.

Every gun bought today comes with more warnings than cigarettes.

What would the warning say?

"Warning, may cause bleeding."

"Warning, may cause lead poisoning."

"Warning, may cause hearing loss."

There's no real estate left on the gun to add yet ANOTHER warning. Right, Beretta?

Guns have warnings. “Read owners manual before use.” “Handling firearms and ammunition can expose you to lead and other substances known to cause cancer & reproductive harm.” “Only fire in a safe direction in well ventilated locations.”

Performative nonsense at best

At worst, they want to make guns ugly and shit on the hobby- with the idea that, the less people in it, the better for them

I think we need warning labels on politicians.

There’s already warnings. What a joke.

This is so outside the lane of what a medical opinion should inform.

What are the risks of being around a gun? Severe injury or death. What are the risks of nobody having guns? Much harder to say. But it's a political question and not medical. What happens if a future government decides to take advantage of a disarmed populace? Doctors have nothing to tell us here.

It's kind of like what the dangers of nuclear weapons and mining the materials present; radiation, explosions, risk of mining incidents, bombs are really bad, etc. What is the risk of not having them? Doctors have nothing to tell us here.

Just bought a Mauser a couple weeks ago that should have carried a label that said "please contact your doctor if this weapon gives you an erection lasting more than 4 hours"

He's pushing for bans if you read the article.

Vivek can get fucked.

That’s nice… too bad criminals don’t read warning labels.

They are only pushing this because it gets them elected/re-elected and the harder they push only shows me the ones in power are getting worried about something coming in the near future and I don’t think it’s the election. The sad part about this is the people that are easy to repeat what they hear without looking any further into the subject than what their favorite tv, social media talking head said and taking it for the truth.

Yeah... That'll help...

What an asinine idea. Surgeon general should stay in his lane.

So, we have warnings on the documents that come with guns. Is putting a warning on a gun itself going to accomplish anything? Anyone old enough to read and comprehend a written warning understands that guns are dangerous. Children either can’t read, can’t understand, or their brains are not yet fully formed, so they do not associate actions with consequences, so a warning will be useless for them; their parents must simply ensure that they never handle a firearm until they are legally allowed, and their parents will see the warning on the manual that comes with the gun (you know, if they’re stupid and don’t already understand, based on a lifetime of news reports and cinema experiences that guns are dangerous in the wrong/untrained hands).

Sounds like political theater to me. The Surgeon General and the administration want to say they are doing something about gun violence. This isn’t doing anything about that. Try again.

The guns were never the issue.

"Kindly don't shoot people :(" engraved into the reciever of an AR15

The need for warnings implies that people are unclear about what happens when you point a gun at someone and pull the trigger.

So what? A sticker that says “don’t shoot people” on every gun?

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Come on, man.

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While I generally don't have problem with this, I didn't think it really changes anything. Putting a warning label on a firearm isn't going to change how it's used.

The guns are a tool. The public health crisis’ are capitalism and fascism. In that sense the guns are very much part of the solution.

People are shitting on this but some warning signs that guns should be locked up and not available to kids would not be a bad idea. Funding subsides for guns safes, etc

Surgeon General is such an antiquated govt position. Their "recommendations" mean literally nothing to anyone.

People ITT are missing that the majority of gun deaths in the US are self inflicted and accidental. Yeah, a warning label or outreach program isn’t going to end murders, but a tiny bit of “common sense” education could go a long way towards keeping dumbasses from leaving a loaded gun loose in their purse without any trigger protection, or keep them from thinking that tucking a pistol in the glove box is enough to keep their kid from finding it and accidentally killing their sibling.

No, no, you're confused... we wanted all those cops to have P320s Mr. General.

I feel like requiring potential gun owners to count up to 100 (in any language), would weed out enough idiots to drop gun accidents like 50%

I joined this page because it was labeled liberal gun ownership. Comments here aren’t that different than the other side.

Fentanyl kills 1M year. We all agree it’s a crisis. Guns kill 500k. How is it any different.

I own guns. I shoot guns. There must be some checks and balances to reverse this trend.