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Consider this:

a. The number of physicians in the US: 700,000
b. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000
c. Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171 
   (US Dept of Health & Human Services)

   
Then think about this:
 
a. The number of guns in the US: 80,000,000
b. The number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups): 1,500
c. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188
 
Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than 
gun owners!





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[Contributed by Peter]