Topic: Doctors vs. Guns

[notajeep]

found this in another board and thought it was pretty good, so I ahd to pass it on 

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.)


Now think about this:


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 .000188.

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.

[mudguts]

You should forward this to your local congressman 

[BLACKDOG]

  That is great!!

[brainlessfool]

Sooooooo, should I be packing heat next time I go to see the Doc.?   

[Willy Mammoth]

Sooooooo, should I be packing heat next time I go to see the Doc.?

Have you seen Deadwood, they did back in those days. That even went for barbers too.

[whiteman]

You should forward this to your local congressman

       
 
                         Yes Yes Yes!  Do it,  i think it realy does need to sent to the congressman! 
   
     
   

[mr4x42u]

so don't shoot your slef kids,,the doctor might kill you instead

[mplatzer]

DUDE, I HAVE NOT LAUGHED THAT HARD IN A LONG TIME.  THAT IS GREAT.

[notajeep [OP]]

love these old posts. Kinda like visiting an old girlfriend.

[jimbo74]

every idiot has a gun these days, so those statistics are out of date... also those are accidental death rates.....

think about all the people that die each year because someone who was purposely trying to kill them succeded... if it was intentional, then it removes itself form the accidnet category

[notajeep [OP]]

What if a Doctor accidently Kills himself with a gun and then you die because he was the only person qualified to do your surgery? 

[BLACKDOG]

every idiot has a gun these days, so those statistics are out of date... also those are accidental death rates.....

think about all the people that die each year because someone who was purposely trying to kill them succeded... if it was intentional, then it removes itself form the accidnet category

jeez jimbo, its a joke!  i'd say 80,000,000 gun owners is probably pretty accurate.  Of course if its done intentionally it removes itself from the accident category, I think we all know that



 

[Willy Mammoth]

You are more likely to survive doing your own surgery with a gun than letting a doctor go at you with a knife.

I am more likely to out live the doctor that comes at me with a knife.

[dj]

You are more likely to survive doing your own surgery with a gun than letting a doctor go at you with a knife.

I am more likely to out live the doctor that comes at me with a knife.

what he said

[kneedownnate]

What if a Doctor accidently Kills himself with a gun and then you die because he was the only person qualified to do your surgery?

  that is the icing on the cake that is this thread!

[mudguts]

What if a Doctor accidently Kills himself with a gun and then you die because he was the only person qualified to do your surgery? 

     Your probably better off without him, I would'nt want that guy working on me. Might as well give head to your .45.