Posted: 6/10/2002 7:22:38 PM EDT
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Number of physicians in the US: 700,000 Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000 Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171 (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services) Number of gun owners in the US: 80,000,000 Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) 1,500. Accidental deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188 Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has at least one doctor. Please alert your family and friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this alarming trend gets out of hand. |