Doctors vs. Guns

contributed by John 2005

Doctors:

• The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000

• Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000

• Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services.


Guns:

• The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000

• The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500

• The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.

Statistics courtesy of F.B.I.

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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.

Please alert your friends to this alarming threat immediatly. We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!

Note: Out of concern for the public at large, the statistics on lawyers have been withheld for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.