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I would bet way more than 90 people are killed everyday by medical mistakes. Hey Doctor want to discuss this?
I will stay away from him
Here we go. If your family doctor thinks you are depressed and is a gun-grabber, be prepared for him to report you to the police.
There are 195,000 hospital deaths in the U.S. per year (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/11856.php) and 98,000 malpractice deaths a year in the U.S. (http://www.propublica.org/article/how-many-die-from-medical-mistakes-in-us-hospitals) a year, Doc. You are more dangerous than a gun. Get a clue.
Recitation of numbers without any context.
Compare to the numbers for drunk driving and other auto related accidents, Doc.
Or, to paraphrase, “Your freedom threatens my control. So I will take it from you.”
Hey Doc:
How many death are there per year as a result of surgical and medication errors? And how many do you think are hidden and therefore never make it into the statistics?
Are physicians a public health threat?
National physicians groups are run by totalitarian leftist thugs. Pediatricians especially.
Why limit yourself to guns, Doc?
Why not talk about the public health problems associated with freedom in general?
There are 3,000 deaths due to abortion every day in the U. S. ...
What do you call someone who graduates at the bottom of his class in medical school? “Doctor”.
If Obamacare continues, physicians will become government informants.
“Do you own guns and if so, how many? Refuse to answer and your attitude will be noted.”
People in need of mental health treatment will hesitate to go to psychiatrists who may place them on a government watchlist.
Enough busybodies in life to worry about, without this.
Sometimes (all the time) the 32,000 and 11,000 figures are used interchangeably by gun control advocates. Clearly, the 32,000 figure is a far more dramatic number and it is often used for impact by anti-gun activists.
According to the FBI, almost four in ten homicides are classified as "unknown" while arguments are, predictably, the top cause of known homicides......So while Detroit logs some 350 homicides annually, there is no hard statistic to grasp the exact percentage that is gang-related or involving gang-members.... In New Orleans, between 35-55% of homicides are classified as gang-related. In Chicago, an estimated 80% of homicides are gang-related. And in Baltimore, the police commissioner states that 80% of homicides are drug-related
Source: http://usconservatives.about.com/od/capitalpunishment/a/Putting-Gun-Death-Statistics-In-Perspective.htm
Way back in the 1950’s, my mother drilled it into me to remember that half of all doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class, and to remember that they put their pants on one leg at a time just like regular mortals, lol.
The gun grabbers have evidently gotten their new talking points. The chief issue now seems to be mental health and more specifically depression. What with this article along with countless others and the legislative push for depression testing for all adults.
Many people including presidential candidates are pushing the mental health angle, but historically that has been one of the primary tools used to confiscate guns.
Round here I have never heard of a Dr asking about firearms unless they are enthusiasts themselves and show sincere interest. I have some land that I lease to a Dr and his son during all waterfowl season.
I guess that is one of the benefits of living in a rural southern area.
But even if a bigcity yuppy Dr asked about my firearms, and I sensed anything other than just smalltalk, I would politely tell him thats none of his dagone business. If he persisted, I’d just walk out.
I don’t really see the problem. Just say “nunya bizness”.
Ask the Dr if his wife has any sex toys... how many... does any of his kids have red shoes... how much money does he have in the bank?
Q: You know what you call somebody that graduates last in their medical school class?
A: Doctor!
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“There are 90 deaths due to firearms every day in the U.S., or more than 33,000 deaths a year.”
Which is absolutely a pittance compared with other, more easily preventable causes of death that doctors actually are supposed to be focusing on.
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I forget where I read it (could have been FR), but I read that in Nazi Germany the educated class that was more likely to go along with Hitler’s atrocities against humanity were doctors (more so than lawyers). Maybe lawyers prosper more under capitalism than fascism, idk.