RE: Alarming statistics.

["Dom de Bechi" <dddl21455@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And if your doctor is Harold Shipman and you're over 50, kiss your arse
goodbye.

Without wishing to be overtly sarcastic, what the hell has 'accident' got to
do with it? How many intentional gun injuries are there per year? How many
firearms related incidents are there in the US per minute?

The simple fact that you have more gun owners than there are people in the
UK is a scary enough prospect. If you put guns into the hands of that many
people (many of whom don't have the intelligence to use them safely) it's
like sticking your todger betwixt the jaws of a hungry lion and expecting
him not to bite.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert J. Hansen [mailto:rjhansen@inav.net]
Sent: 27 June 2001 19:10
To: millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org
Subject: Alarming statistics.


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Number of physicians in the United States: 700,000
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171
(Source: US Department of Health and Human Services)

Number of gun owners in the United States: 80,000,000
Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all ages): 1500
Accidental deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188
(Source: US Federal Bureau of Investigation)

... Statistically, a doctor is nine thousand times more dangerous than a
gun owner.  :)
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