Who's more dangerous?

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Statistically speaking -- Who's more dangerous, Doctors? Or Gun Owners?
Consider the following...

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: 120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.

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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: 0.0000188.

Statistics courtesy of FBI

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So, statistically, doctors are about 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

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Remember, 'Guns don't kill people, doctors do.'

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

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Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!

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Out of concern for the public at large, we have withheld the statistics on Lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical help.