OT...

Doctors Vs Guns US Statistics Number of physicians in the US = 700,000 Accidental deaths caused by


physicians per year =120,000 Accidental deaths per physician = 0.171 (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human


Services) Number of gun owners in the US = 80,000,000 Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age


groups)=1,500 Accidental deaths per gun owner = 0.0000188 (U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco &


Firearms) Therefore, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. Taken from


the Benton County News Tribune of November 17, 1999.