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 are 0.171 (17.1%)
(Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Health Human Services.)
Guns:
A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. Yes, that is 80
million.
B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is
1,500.
C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.000188 (.00188%).
Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than
gun owners.
Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do"
Fact: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand.
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.
Julie K. Hampton
Assistant United States Attorney
U.S. Attorney's Office
Southern District of Texas
One Shoreline Plaza
800 N. Shoreline Blvd., Suite 500
Corpus Christi , Texas 78401
(361) 888-3111 phone
(361) 888-3200 fax
next thing you know there will be a proposed ban on all doctors. :iroll:
course some of em need to be not only banned, but shot as wll,imo. :biggrin:
You should see how many people we kill w/ cars. :shck:
More than we have in any war, & we were trying to kiill w/ guns! :huh: