Think about this:
a. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000
b. Accidental deaths caused by physicians each year is 120,000+
c. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171 . ( US Dept. of Health & Human Services )
d. If you are a convicted felon and pass the State Medical Board exam, you can be a licensed, practicing physician when nobody else will give you a job.
Then think about this:
a. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000 (thats 80 million)
b. The number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) is 1,500
c. The number of accidental gun deaths per gun owner is .0000188 .
d. If you are a convicted felon, the State will put you in jail for having a gun.
Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
Now don't you think it is odd that they are in Washington crying about the cost of their Malpractice insurance?
PS. As a public health measure I have withheld the statistics on Attorneys for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical attention.
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