The Patriot Post® · Gun-Hostile Surgeon General Confirmed

Vivek Murthy, who is not even 37 years old, who was born in the UK and who thinks guns are a health issue to be stamped out like heart disease or obesity, was confirmed by the Senate Monday as the United States’ 19th surgeon general. For this confirmation, 51 Democrats voted for the man, thanks to the nuclear option. Days after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Murthy tweeted, “Tired of politicians playing politics w/ guns, putting lives at risk b/c they’re scared of NRA. Guns are a health care issue.” A month after the shooting, Murthy co-signed a letter sent to Congress as president and co-founder of Doctors for America, urging the legislative body to “remove military-style guns and ammunition” and “strengthen safety measures and regulations for guns used for hunting, sport, and self-protection” so that America could half gun deaths by 2020. At a hearing in February, Murthy said he does “not intend to use the surgeon general’s office as a bully pulpit for gun control.” What we have is the word of a bureaucrat – for what that’s worth. More…