Author Topic: Gun's vs Doctors :) (Read 1716 times)

Redhawk1 · « **on:** August 05, 2006, 12:50:06 PM »

(A) The number of doctors in the U.S. is 700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year are 120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%.

Statistics: Courtesy of the U.S.Dept of Health & Human Services.

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 0.001875%.

Statistics: Courtesy of the 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 have withheld statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention!

TreyAzagthoth · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2006, 12:56:13 PM »

so true

ed1921 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 05, 2006, 05:53:14 PM »

How many people die in a hospital?

How many die at the gun range?

oso45-70 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2006, 04:18:06 AM »

Thanks, I'll take my chances at the gun range, seen too many die in hospitals

..........Joe...........

Dusty Miller · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2006, 05:55:29 AM »

I'd like to have figures for the number of patients who die when under the IMMEDIATE medical care of a physician. My guess is even that figure would be stunning. My wife is a operating room nurse and she could write a book of horror stories about it.

WNY_Whitetailer · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2006, 06:05:11 PM »

Hmmm...The truth is finally out.

Patriot_1776 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2006, 06:27:21 PM »

Another question: Any information out there disclosing how many more lives guns have saved than doctors? I'm just curious.

waynemorgan · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2006, 09:55:27 AM »

Quote from: Patriot_1776 on August 06, 2006, 06:27:21 PM

Another question: Any information out there disclosing how many more lives guns have saved than doctors? I'm just curious.

times doctors saved my life===3
times a firearm saved my life==136+

ShootnStr8 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2006, 01:59:38 PM »

Thanks, Redhawk! I enjoyed passing your post on to friends.

Blessings!

ShootnStr8

dr mac · « **Reply #9 on:** October 15, 2006, 12:19:28 PM »

Yep, next time y'all get sick, especially from a life threatening illness, I expect you'll go to a gun range.

Yep, that what I thought.

jason280 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 15, 2006, 12:42:07 PM »

This is one of the most overblown statistics posted on websites today. You see it pop up on various sites at least once a month, and its ridiculous the support it gets.

Casull · « **Reply #11 on:** October 15, 2006, 03:10:08 PM »

Sometimes you have to expose the absurd (efficacy of gun control) by being absurd. Does make you think about statistics though.

huntswithdogs · « **Reply #12 on:** October 16, 2006, 06:31:41 AM »

I saw something like this recently that was about being killed in/ by vehicles versus guns. Ya'll gotta remember this IS the "NET. Don't believe all that ya read !

HWD

ed1921 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2006, 06:09:16 AM »

I'm sure everyones heard about the three degrees of untruths.
First their are lies.
Then you have damn lies.
And then you have statistics.

JoeG52 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2006, 02:44:20 PM »

80% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Camel 23 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2006, 04:08:32 PM »

Someone strike a nerve Dr Mac? Welcome to the forum.

Casull · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2006, 04:48:45 PM »

Quote

80% of all statistics are made up on the spot

That statement is 100% false. Or wait is it 100% true?

Camel 23 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2006, 04:56:28 PM »

Those stats remind me of another one that I read a while back about gun totin' women with pms. I wish I could remember it. went something like:
Of the 80 million gun owners in the US 25% of them are women (20 million). Of those 1 in 28 are going through pms (714,285). Of those 5% are lesbians. So we can conclude that there are over 35,000 women in this country carrying guns, with pms, and hate men. So be very careful what you say to women.

Redhawk1 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 18, 2006, 01:04:32 AM »

Quote from: Camel23 on October 17, 2006, 04:56:28 PM

Those stats remind me of another one that I read a while back about gun totin' women with pms. I wish I could remember it. went something like:
Of the 80 million gun owners in the US 25% of them are women (20 million). Of those 1 in 28 are going through pms (714,285). Of those 5% are lesbians. So we can conclude that there are over 35,000 women in this country carrying guns, with pms, and hate men. So be very careful what you say to women.

LMAO

jro45 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 19, 2006, 03:54:30 AM »

Good post Redhawk1. I know a couple of Drs that shoot and hunt.

HuntingGuy · « **Reply #20 on:** October 30, 2006, 04:45:38 PM »

Interesting. Here's another one for the liberals to read.

Flash · « **Reply #21 on:** November 02, 2006, 03:49:17 PM »

Shhhhhhhh, the next thing the government will make us carry is accidential death/malpractice insurance if we own a weapon. Let sleeping dogs lie! Who cares if the stats are skewed?