> 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.

Hmm... It seems to me that in general,

 1. People do not own more that one gun, while physicians have many
patients. Instead of counting the number of physicians, one should
count the number of people who consult physicians.

 2. Guns can cause accidental deaths, but also intentional
deaths. Physicians rarely do.

 3. Physicians can save lives; guns are designed to take lives.

 4. Accidental deaths per car user = approx. 0.0003, therefore cars
are 15 times more dangerous than guns???

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