Doctors vs Gunownwers

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Doctors vs Gunowners
Doctors
(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is
700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians
per year are
120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician
is
0.171.

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of

Health Human Services.



>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>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
.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, BUT
ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Please alert your friends
to this
alarming threat.
We must ban doctors
before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Out of concern for the public at large,
I withheld the statistics on
lawyers
for fear the shock would cause
people to panic and seek medical attention![rofl][rofl][rofl][rofl]
 
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I like it, but it seems really flawed. Doctors may have a higher rate of deaths per doctor, but not all 80,000,000 gun owners are shooting their guns 8 hours a day like doctors are seeing patients. I think its pretty obvious that if 80,000,000 people shot guns 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, more than 1500 accidents would occur per year.

Im not saying guns are dangerous, just saying that the way those rates are computed doesn't really make sense to me. For one rate, you are calculating for a doctor who sees multiple patients each day for 8 hours a day. For another you are taking a count of people who own an object and counting the number of times those people die by using those objects.

80 million people could all own pipe bombs, but not use them, and of course using straight math, it would appear that pipe bombs are less dangerous than doctor visits if the logic used here is acceptable.
 
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+1 Chris and TikTock.
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Another factor is that doctors most often deal with very ill people. Sure a "mistake" might have been made, but in many cases that person would likely of died anyway.
 
This is an "ALARMING" trend and a "SOBERING" statistic. We need to ban these "assault" physicians. We need a Stricter licensing scheme.
I say that any doctor under 5' and 150lbs be classified as a "Saturday night Doctor" as they are small and concealable, they need to be more tightly regulated and banned!

Any surgeon, needs to be banned as they tend to be too precise, needs to banned as a sniper doctor.

Any specialist needs to be banned as you don't need a cardiologist or an endochrinologist for a sniffle or a sprained ankle!!

Also for safety sake, we need to impose some sort of safe storage requirement! Maybe institue a muzzle and some locking gloves to prevent them from unintended discharges of advise, what if a child were to hear some sort of spontaneous reccomendation?? and before they get there hands on a stethescope, they need to step back, think about it, go through the mandatory "cooling off period".. On a personal note, I think they should be locked up in a safe and within the safe in a locked container, and THEN the muzzle and locking mittens. It is the only way to be sure and safe!!


If it saves JUST ONE LIFE isn't it worth it? It's for the children!!!
 
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+1 Chris and TikTock.
Interesting, but dated and of limited usefulness, particularly when:
Size of message = 203 lines
Lines of text = 47
Excess blank lines = 3.3 lines per line of text
Solution is to ban carriage return-line feeds [grin]

I was going to say about the same thing, but I think statistically you said it better by about 2.45 times.
 
I like it, but it seems really flawed. Doctors may have a higher rate of deaths per doctor, but not all 80,000,000 gun owners are shooting their guns 8 hours a day like doctors are seeing patients. I think its pretty obvious that if 80,000,000 people shot guns 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, more than 1500 accidents would occur per year.

Im not saying guns are dangerous, just saying that the way those rates are computed doesn't really make sense to me. For one rate, you are calculating for a doctor who sees multiple patients each day for 8 hours a day. For another you are taking a count of people who own an object and counting the number of times those people die by using those objects.

80 million people could all own pipe bombs, but not use them, and of course using straight math, it would appear that pipe bombs are less dangerous than doctor visits if the logic used here is acceptable.

The interpretation of the statistics was skewed to sway you to one way of thinking. Kinda like the way the moonbats do regularly. Besides, it was intended as humor.[smile]
 
Another factor is that doctors most often deal with very ill people. Sure a "mistake" might have been made, but in many cases that person would likely of died anyway.

That's the main reason why I don't like this canard/silly stats trick... Unless we know how the numbers were computed, then we have no frame of reference and as a result, they really have little meaning. "100,000 accidents" is pretty vague.

Even then if you CAN make a raw comparison, they're kinda two different ball games... we're comparing a profession against a device... not exactly a level playing field. For instance, a lot of people will say "police shot XYZ number more people than the average gun owner does" and that is a nice herring, too... mainly because joe average gun owner simply doesn't encounter bad guys at the same rate that a typical LEO would.

At least when using stats it might be better to at least use things which are within the same realm.

-Mike
 
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Good grief, people! There you go again trying to act rationally and objectively. This comparison was never intended to represent an objective risk assessment; it's simply an in-your-face retort to those intellectually dishonest or factually ignorant physicians who want to classify gun ownership as a disease and treat it accordingly.

Ken
 
Oh my GOD!!!! This was a JOKE....read the last part of the post. I can not believe you guys actually looked up stats and started a serious discussion and disputed sections of the post. The laughing icon was a hint.......................DUH
 
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