Guns and Doctors (off color)

[ShadowWlf]

> FACTS TO PONDER :
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> (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is
> 700,000.
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> (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians
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> per year are
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> 120,000.
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> (Calculation) Accidental deaths per physician
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> is
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> 0.171
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> Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of
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> Health Human Services.
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> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Now think about this:
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> Guns:
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> (A) The number of gun owners in the U.S.
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> is
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> 80,000,000.
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> (Yes, that's 80 million..)
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> (B) The number of accidental gun deaths
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> per year, all age groups,
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> is
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> 1,500.
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> (Calculation) The number of accidental deaths
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> per gun owner
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> is
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> .000188
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> Statistics courtesy of FBI
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> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> So, statistically, doctors are approximately
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> 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
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> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."
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> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN,
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> BUT
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> ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
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> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Please alert your friends
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> to this
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> alarming threat.
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> We must ban doctors
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> before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!
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> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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> Out of concern for the public at large,
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> I withheld the statistics on
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> lawyers
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> for fear the shock would cause
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> people to panic and seek medical attention