Real Facts, Real Evidence: Gun Violence When scientists and doctors and researchers try to solve unsolved problems, they use certain tools including sound reasoning, empirical and repeatable evidence. One of the primary ‘jobs’ of science and evidence is to determine fact from lies so that we, as a society, can always be better. This article is a great overview about what does and does not lead to gun violence, which every health care profession believes is a public health crisis. Selected Excerpt: “Scientists find that only a small fraction of people with persistent mental distress are more likely than average to commit violent acts...” …see more