Weapons: Statistics

Historical facts of the dangers of guns versus doctors in the United States

Something to think about...

Number of gun owners in the U.S.:

80,000,000

Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups):
1,500

Accidental deaths per gun owner:
0.0000188

Number of physicians in the U.S.:
700,000

Number of accidental deaths caused by physicians per year (all age groups):
120,000

Accidental deaths per physician:
0.171 (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)

Statistically, Doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

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FACT: 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. (As a public health measure, statistics on lawyers were withheld for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical aid.)
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