Doctors, Guns, and Accidental Deaths

“This was sent to me last night, maybe I should forward it to the NRA.

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. Department of
Health and 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 (Benton County
News Tribune on 17, November 1999)

Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more
dangerous than gun owners. Remember, 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. Remember guns don't kill people; doctors do!”

“Rabbitman, it seems that there are at least that many physicians just in New Jersey.”

“Yeah, forward it. They've probable never seen this either: the accidental gun death rate of children in America is nine times higher than that in the other 25 biggest countries combined.”

“...and soon to go up in Idaho.”

“don't get them riled up, fly; they're well-armed.”

“dont forget....doctors are treating people ussually with an ailment or two....gun owners victims are often healthy children”

“LILYPAD SOUP!!!”

“Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The s-h-i-t has hit the fan”

“NO SOUP FOR YOU!”

“Yeah, but the people that guns kill weren't sick first. . .

And this comes from a hunter too.”

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That is f**kin hysterical!!!

I'm glad I don't have a Doctor or own a gun. I'll live forever!”

“Lush Bimbo had this piece on his radio show about a year and a half ago.

As I recall his numbers were bogus, as usual.”

“Yeah kleetn ...but none of those other twenty-five countries label 18 and 19 year old black ganstas selling crack on the street corners "kids" either.”

“Don't get me started!!!

Thank you solitary hiker!”