Doctors and Guns
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Since 07-26-07

 

 

Doctors:
*Statistics courtesy of the U.S. Dept. Of Health & Human Services

A) The number of doctors in the U.S. is 700,000.
B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.
C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%

 

Guns:
**Statistics courtesy of the FBI

A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000
     (yes that's 80 million)
B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year; all age groups, is 1,500
C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%  

 

So statistically,

Doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors do.*

 

FACT:  NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.

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