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Some Startling Statistics...

Number of physicians in the U.S...............................700,000
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year...............120,000
Accidental deaths per physician.................................0.171

Number of gun owners in the U.S............................80,000,000
Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups).......1,500
Accidental deaths per gun owner.............................0.0000188

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

Taken from the Benton County NewsTribune, 17 Nov 1999