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Originally Posted by Ganjasaurus
im sure this is off.... but it's an interesting concept:
1. Number of physicians in the US: 700,000.
2. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000.
3. Accidental deaths per physician.... 0.171
(U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
4. Number of gun owners in the US: 80,000,000.
5. Number of accidental gun deaths per year
(all age groups): 1,500.
6. Accidental deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188.
7. Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times
more dangerous than gun owners.
Note: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has at least one Doctor.
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Nice how you include only 'accidental gun deaths' and not total gun deaths or injuries.
FACT:In 2002, there were 30,242 gun deaths in the U.S:
* 17,108 suicides (56% of all U.S gun deaths),
* 11,829 homicides (39% of all U.S gun deaths),
* 762 unintentional shootings (3% of all U.S gun deaths),
* and 300 from legal intervention and 243 from undetermined intent (2% of all U.S gun deaths combined).
FACT: A gun in the home increases the risk of homicide of a household member by 3 times and the risk of suicide by 5 times compared to homes where no gun is present.
FACT: Contrary to popular belief, young children do possess the physical strength to fire a gun: 25% of 3-to-4-year-olds, 70% of 5-to-6-year-olds, and 90% of 7-to-8-year-olds can fire most handguns.
FACT: Among 26 industrialized nations, 86% of gun deaths among children under age 15 occurred in the United States.
FACT: Taxpayers pay more than 85% of the medical cost for treatment of firearm-related injuries.
FACT: While handguns account for only one-third of all firearms owned in the United States, they account for more than two-thirds of all firearm-related deaths each year. A gun kept in the home is 22 times more likely to be used in a homicide, suicide or unintentional shooting than to be used in self-defense.
FACT: Every two years more Americans die from firearm injuries than the total number of American soldiers killed during the 8-year Vietnam War. In 1999, the total number of people killed by guns in the United States was 28,874,a 6% decrease from 1998 figures.