SOME STARTLING STATISTICS
Number of physicians in the United States 700,000
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician 0.171
Number of firearm owners in the U.S. 80,000,000
Number of accidental firearm deaths per year 1,500
Accidental deaths per firearm owner 0.0000188
Doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than firearms owners.
--From the Benton County News Tribune, 17 November 1999
This is a repost of a previous troll.
However, I used to work for Reed Medical Center/County USC Hospital in South Central LA and the emergency room docs and surgeons always had job security thanks to gunshot wounds.
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sorry, didn't realize it was a repost...
and not really commenting on it, or having a real opinion about it...just saw it...and thought it might stir up some conversation
How many deaths a year are caused by Docs that knowingly kill a patient? And how many deaths are from gun owners that kill on purpose?
Surgery isn't as on/off as a gun. There is a whole lot more room for human error in medicine.
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the biggest flaw is that it does not take into account the average "number of encounters" per "dangerous entity." what i mean is this: a doctor sees thousands of patients per year; each of these encounters carries with it an opportunity for a mistake. a gun sitting in someone's sock drawer in case of an intruder, or a deer-huntin rifle, will have only a couple of dozen opportunities per year to kill someone.
big difference.
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And how many intentional deaths are caused by guns? How many people are killed by guns total I mean. That would raise the ratio significantly.
this is just about accidental deaths, tho, and i'm saying that, even at that, guns are more dangerous.Originally posted by BrewMaster
And how many intentional deaths are caused by guns? How many people are killed by guns total I mean. That would raise the ratio significantly.
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lmao - i posted this a month or so ago... r u calling me a troll?!?!?!?
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