Just the Facts... Doc's v Gun Owners

terrylf72 · Apr 29, 2009

> A public service announcement
>
> Doctors vs Gun owners
>
> Doctors
>
> (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
>
> (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
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> (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.
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> Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of
>
> Health and Human Services.
>
> >>>>
>
> Now think about this:
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> Guns
>
> (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 .000188.
>
>
> Statistics courtesy of FBI
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> >>>
>
> So, statistically, doctors are approximately
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> 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
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> ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
>
> Please alert your friends
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> to this
>
> alarming threat.
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> We must ban doctors
>
> before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!
>
> Out of concern for the public at large,
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> I withheld the statistics on
>
> lawyers
>
> for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical
> attention!

tionico · Apr 29, 2009

I withheld the statistics on

lawyers

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

now THAT bit is funny!!!! I wonder where one could find statistics on how many "slow and torturous deaths" occurred at the hands of lawyers? FEEd me, FEEd me FEEd me.....