Guns and Doctors

NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS IN THE U. S. ------- 700,000

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS CAUSED BY PHYSICIANS PER YEAR---120,000

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS PER PHYSICIAN-------- 0.171

NUMBER OF GUN OWNERS IN THE U. S.------- 80,000,000

NUMBER OF ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATHS PER YEAR--- 1,500 (IN ALL AGE GROUPS)

ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATHS PER GUN OWNER-----0.0000188

THEREFORE DOCTORS ARE APPROXIMATELY 9,000 TIMES MORE DANGEROUS THAN GUN OWNERS!!!

taken from the Benton County News Tribune, 17 Nov., 1999