Guns and Doctors

(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is

700,000.

(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians

per year are

120,000.

(C) Accidental deaths per physician

is

0.171.

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of

Health Human Services.

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Now think about this:

Guns:

(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S.

is

80,000,000.

(Yes, that's 80 million..)



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accidental gun deaths

per year, all age groups,

is

1,500.



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The number of accidental deaths

per gun owner

is

.000188.

Statistics courtesy of FBI



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So, statistically, doctors are approximately

9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.



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Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."



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FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN,

BUT

ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.



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Please alert your friends

to this

alarming threat.

We must ban doctors

before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!



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Out of concern for the public at large,

I have withheld the statistics on

lawyers

for fear the shock would cause

people to panic and seek medical attention.

 

hmmm.....interesting.....makes me feel a whole lot better in the doctors office............

 

Wild animals live until they die - no guns, no doctors.

Actual mortality rate of all living things?

100%

It is best to live well, no matter how short or long a time that may be.
(For all I know, Atilla the Hun once said that...)

 

I visted the doctor today and came out alive

 

I've seen this before, and for most folks it's meant as a funny. But I've seen certain folks take it quite seriously (cue the headbanging on the wall).

For those who take it seriously (and I'm a gun-owner)...

Ummmm, can you say apples and oranges? Or Statistical Sophistry?

People go into the doctors office or hospital generally because something is wrong with them. Many are elderly. It follows that a certain number, a higher than percentage than the general population just toodling along during the day minding thier own business, will die.

Now when I walk into the house of a gun owner I do not do it because the gun is there, or because I need it, or in a manner that will cause it to be needed. And I expect I will walk out safely. The gun is usually immaterial to anything else going on.

A better but still apples/oranges comparison might be something like comparing the outcomes of people walking into the doctors office/hospital vs death rates of people involved in a "gun-related incident".

 

i am a gun lover also, but i agree, its not a good comparison at all, now lets say the amount of interface people have with doctors on a daily basis compared to with guns is nil. i seen my doctor a thousand times it seems over the last 6 weeks, but seen my guns in my own home about 2 or 3 times. but besides the comparisons, it is well acknowledged that accidental gun deaths are rare(compared to amount of owned and handled guns) and i also wonder what they classify as "accidental" as far as doctors deaths go. a person can use statistics to justify about anything.

 

Obviously meant as humor.

 

You'd think so

But I have a couple friends who have sent me this as a serious defense of gun ownership. And admittedly, I have a real pet peeve about sophistry with statistics and the growing inability of many people to know the difference.

I am NOT referring to ANYONE on this thread! Especially the original poster.

 

I heard DOCTORS are gonna start carying GUNS!!!

 

I know it's meant as humor, i've walked out from every appointment i've had, if they killed that many people, they wouldn't be in business, now would they?

 

now thats a good one. the funny has been found...