Doctors:(A) The number of medical doctors in the U.S. is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.
© Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%.
Statistics courtesy of the U.S.Dept of Health & Human Services
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Guns:
(A) The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000
(yes that's 80 million).
(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.
© The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.001875%.
Statistics courtesy of the FBI
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So statistically, medical 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 MEDICAL DOCTOR.
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Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban medical doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!
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Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.