Saturday, September 22, 2007

I could not help myself. I have become so tired of "The Facts" as presented by those that just don't get it.
This comes just a very short time after yet another shooting on a school campus where guns are not allowed for self defense.
How do you like that pepper spray now?


Physicians:


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 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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Firearm-related deaths (in 2000):

United States: 30,419 (11.3 per 100,000)

England and Wales: 159 (0.3 per 100,000)

Germany: 1,201 (1.5 per 100 000)

France: 2,964 (5 per 100,000)

Gun ownership (per 100 inhabitants):

United States: 83-96
European Union: 17.4
United Kingdom: 10

So, statistically, americans are dangerous gun-toting morons.