Doctors Vs. Gunowners
Doctors:
The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year is 120,000. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.
(Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Now think about this:
Gunowners:
The number of gunowners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. (Yes that is 80 million) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.000188.
(Statistics courtesy of FBI)
So, 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.
Fact: Almost everyone has seen at least one doctor in their lifetime.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must BAN doctors before this gets completely out of hand.
Out of concern for the general public, the statistics on lawyers have been withheld for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.
OK, I’ll admit it, I laughed at this lame joke. I’m anti guns and doctors, so this cracked me up when I first read it. But, being the kind of person who at least tries to be honest with myself, I had to point out that you can make figures say almost anything you want.
They’ve used some figures and drawn a conclusion that isn’t necessarily accurate. Even if the numbers are accurate, consider:
How many people (on average) does a gun encounter in a day?
How many people (on average) does a doctor encounter in a day?
Do the figures hold up when we consider average deaths per person encountered? How about if we consider that mostly ill people (more likely to die) visit doctors. Does that influence the figures?
“Accidental” is a loaded word (pardon the pun) here.
Today, there is more information than you can shake a stick at. Question. Think. Investigate. Decide. Don’t blindly accept what people tell you - not even me.
Find out for yourself.
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