FACT: Doctors More Dangerous Than Gun Owners

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[moonman]

Subject: FW: Guns vs. Doctors

This is a very interesting set of statistics:

Number of physicians in the US: 700,000. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000. Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171 or 17% (US 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 that's .00188% 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."

Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand. As a Public Health Measure, I have withheld the statistics on Lawyers for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical aid.

[VoiceOfBruck]

I think these stats need a little closer examination. I wonder if "failed to cure" counts as an "accidental" death?

Seriously, I'm pro-2nd Amendment, and bogus or misrepresented stats just undermines our position.

[sendtoscott]

Oh good, the weekly posting of the "Doctors more dangerous than gun owners" email.

[moonman]

I also question stat numbers. I posted it because I got a chuckle out of it.