A Rebuttal to a Physician's Response to Gun Violence

I would like to opine on the commentary,  “Gun Violence: The Physician's Response,” written by my colleague, Dr. Hoffer.1 I appreciate that this is an editorial, but it is published in a respected peer-reviewed journal, and I would expect evidence and argument to achieve a higher standard of excellence than from the editorial column of a local newspaper. I have no complaint that addressing mortality from any cause is in the arena of public health and medical investigation. However, I do expect that we as physicians do not abandon the objective investigative approach that we would apply to a disease or injury process simply bec ause we have a personal disdain for the subject matter; in this case, firearms. Abandoning scientific rigor on the subject diminishes the medical community's opinion as another uninformed voice with no potential solutions.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Letter Source Type: research