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To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (16765)	4/6/2009 8:56:43 AM
From: Amelia Carhartt	16 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50337

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.