Is it true that doctors are more dangerous than guns?

 

(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is

700,000.
.
           (B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians

per year are 120,000.
.

(C) Accidental deaths per physician

is 0.171
 
Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of

Health and Human Services.

 

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Now think about this:

 

(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
.0000188
 

Statistics courtesy of FBI
 

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So, statistically, doctors are approximately

9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

 

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Remember, 'Guns don't kill people, doctors do.'

 

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FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT

almost everyone has at least one doctor.

This means you are over 9,000 times more likely
to be killed by a doctor as by a gun owner!!!
 

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Please alert your friends

to this alarming threat.
 

We must ban doctors

before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!
 

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Out of concern for the public at large,

We withheld the statistics on lawyers

for fear the shock would cause people
to panic and seek medical attention!