Doctors vs. Gun Owners

[kenn712]

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.
(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:
.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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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!

 

[THE DUKE OF ESSEX]

Maybe the doctors should have a gun handy so they can shoot you if they can't fix ya.:biggrin:

 

[Bighouse Doc]

Old, distorted news.

Way back ,when this study was published, it was interesting where the author discussed his methods. He discussed the model he used to come to his numbers. He reported that his numbers were a projection and the actual number of medical error related deaths was FAR lower than published projection.

Quite a few people with an axe to grind, either missed, or deliberately ignored, the author's caveat.

-Doc

 

[HK4U]

I have a friend and he has told me a few stories. By the way he packs heat and can't stand the AMA.

 

[rich of hendersonnv.]

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.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is:
0.171.
Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and 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.
This means you are over 900 times more likely to be killed by a doctor as a gun owner!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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!

I love this . My current nutty doctor has a ccw and made it a point to me that if I wasn't careful I might spend the rest of my life in prison . He is so inconsiderant of my feelings that if I was crazy I would not be permitted after investigation by state of Nevada to be allowed to have a ccw permit . Only doctors I guess !!!

 

[mappow]

Rich-I'd make my own point to the AMA and licensing board of NV about the proposed threat of your MD. I dare say if your post is correct, the threat is actually criminal and should be investigated.

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." --author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

 

[Scarecrow]

a good day at the range can make you feel better than a doctor could anyway. take treatment into your own hands

 

[TMG100]

So, where can I get my concealed Dr. permit?

 

[Booga]

So, where can I get my concealed Dr. permit?

It's hard enough concealing a full size pistol. I don't know where I'd put a doctor to haul around.

 

[handgonnetoter]

a good day at the range can make you feel better than a doctor could anyway. take treatment into your own hands

Yes, I had some of that cure this morning!:biggrin:

 

[handgonnetoter]

Well, I shot my TCP this morning. The Taurus PT738 did not dissapoint. I put 100 rounds of a mix of Aguila JHP and Federal FMJ through it at about seven yards and it only had one FTF out of the 100 rounds. It wasn't a stove pipe, just was setting there, still in the magazine, with the slide partially forward. It ejected spent casings straight up and over my head, and they landed about six to eight feet directly behind me. Primer strikes looked solid and symetrical and the casing showed no signs of deformation or "pooching" out. My off hand accuracy was about two to three inch groups. I know, that is not bullseye accuracy, but it would get the job done for self defense purposes. I was using a standard B-27 target and my hits were in the "X" to 9 area. I am happy with the gun. The recoil was stout with the hotter JHP's, but the Federals were not bad at all. The gun did not bite my hand, like my P3-AT does, as the grips on the Taurus were smoother to the touch than the Kel Tec. Not much to the sights on this gun, but I could see them better than my Kel Tec. Hits were pretty much to point of aim. I was out with my wife and daughter later in the day and carried the gun in the provided "PDA" style carrier and nobody seemed to know the difference! I was standing there talking to a city cop, while waiting for my wife and daughter to come out of some store, and he never even batted an eye. I like this gun and the carrying case that it comes with. Oh, the gun comes with two magazines too! Sweet. I give it two thumbs up.leasantry: