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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tejek who wrote (142212)1/31/2002 4:01:31 PM
From: greg s  Read Replies (1) of 1578597
 
ted,

Your information on the NRA and your definition of "weapons of mass destruction" are both erroneous, either purposefully or ignorantly. Here's a light hearted look at statistics:

IMPORTANT STATISTICS

Number of physicians in the US: 700,000.

Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000. (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services) Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171

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

Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

"FACT: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has at least one Doctor."

Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand.

As a Public Health Measure, I have withheld the statistic on Lawyers for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical care.
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