It’s beneficial for those on the anti-gun side to frame criminal violence as a public health crisis in order to get support for restrictive gun-control legislation.
Politicians who don’t believe you should have Second Amendment rights have often tried to hide their gun-control laws in arguments for “public health.”
Not all doctors are in step with the American Medical Association (AMA) when it comes to views about guns. The AMA has been outspoken in its belief that guns are a public health problem, but not all its members are so adamant.