Here are the statistics about doctors:

• The number of physicians in the US is 700,000
• There are 120,000 physician-caused accidental deaths per year
• Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171
  (Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Here are the statistics about gun owners:

• The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000
• There are 1,500 accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups)
• The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188

First conclusion:

Doctors are statistically 9,096 times more likely to kill you than gun owners.

Second conclusion:

Perhaps the National Rifle Association should be in charge of granting medical degrees.

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Considering that not everyone owns a gun, but almost everyone has a doctor, you might want to inform your friends about this deadly threat.

Use the "Email this link" tool at the upper left to let them know.

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Edited and adapted from an anonymous email forwarded
by the inductively electrostatic Terry G.