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Controversy is swirling around President Obama’s nominee for surgeon general because of a single tweet.

Vivek Murthy is now a target of the NRA for having once tweeted this: "Guns are a health care issue," according to TheAtlantic.com.

Could this be correct?

The Atlantic argues that it could if one looks at the number of people – most of them gun owners – who turn their weapons on themselves.

According to the CDC, 19,392 people committed suicide with a gun in 2010, the latest year for which data are available. That same year, meanwhile, the FBI recorded only 230 justifiable homicides (the legal term) in which a private citizen used a firearm to kill a felon during the commission of a felony, the Atlantic states.

That kind of data has led some thoughtful people to say things like this:

Do you buy guns as a healthcare issue?

First, a few more facts from the Atlantic piece:

Now it's your turn.

Where do you come down on guns and health?

Is owning a gun inherently dangerous -- in other words, bad for your health -- considering some of the statistics cited above?

How do you argue with those jaw-dropping gun-suicide rates?

Tell us in the comments.