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Some may have seen this before so I apologize if it is old.....
THREAT; Doctors vs. Gun Owners
Doctors
(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians
per year are 120,000. (Source; Leapfrog)
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171
Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of
Health and Human Services.
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Now think about this:
Guns
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is
80,000,000. (Yes, that's 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 0.000188
Statistics courtesy of FBI.
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So, statistically, 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 doctor.
This means you are over 900 times more likely to be killed by a doctor as a gun owner!
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Please alert your friends to this alarming threat.
We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!
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Last edited by dubbletrubble; 06/14/10 07:36 AM.
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Might be something in that. Britain's biggest mass murderer was Doctor Harold Shipman with a score of over 200. Lagopus.....
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That's why we need to make it illegal for doctors to own guns. Can you just imagine the statistics?
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Which only proves the absurdity to which statistics can be used!
Lagopus, I covered the sensational trial of Shipman's role model at the Old Bailey in 1957.
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Show that to your physician next time you go for a check-up. I'm sure he'll think it's real funny.........
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Greg, Shipman did it with hypodermic and still they allow Doctors here to own one. One man goes crazy with a handgun in Scotland and we all had to hand them in; well, only we law abiding sorts who owned them legally on certificate of course. Lagopus.....
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Our family doctor has been toeing the AMA line of asking if there are guns kept in the house. I tell him the place is littered with guns, and to come on over if he'd like to learn to shoot.
Best,
Ted
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On occasion I shoot skeet with the doctor who delivered me so I'm really rolling the dice with him.
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Statistics,in the hands of irresponsible people,can be just as dangerous as guns. The next time you need medical assistance why don't you just shoot yourself in the ass. Justin
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This has been around at least 3 years.
Lots of my colleagues have quit the practice of medicine, and the adversarial atmosphere today, and bs like this, is much of the reason.
Your next "provider" is not going to be a U.S. trained M.D. or D.O. Good luck.
Please explain the relevance of your post to this forum, and why random insults directed toward contributors here are acceptable.
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