I know that the reason you look at this website is for insightful information about guns, gun ownership, and gun laws, but occasionally I come across an email sent to me that is amusing.  Though ridiculous in nature, I thought that I would post this "tongue in cheek" statistic that has absolutely no value.  That being said, it should be readily embraced by politicians everywhere.

Doctors vs Gun Owners

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:

Gun Owners 

(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.

When you review these two statistics together it seems that the sensible thing would be to come up with a bumper sticker that says something like, "Remember, 'Guns don't kill people, doctors do….."

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.

Please alert your friends to this alarming threat.

We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!

Out  of concern for the public at large, I withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention!