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An easy question since almost any answer will be correct. So Best Answer really is the issue.
Number of physicians in the US: 700,000.
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000.
Accidental deaths per physician: 171 per 1,000 (U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services)
Number of gun owners in the US: 80,000,000.
Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups): 1,500.
Accidental deaths per gun owner: 0.0188 per 1,000 (U.S Dept of Justice)
Statistically, then, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has at least one Doctor.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. Doctors must be banned before this gets out of hand. As a Public Health Measure, the statistics on Lawyers have been withheld for fear that shock could cause people to seek medical aid.
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- pepitoLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I don't think everyone has a doctor. No one is guaranteed one unless they go to the emergency room or something of the sort, and I think that the whole point of health care reform is that there are millions of people without doctors.
You also only listed the accidental gun deaths, instead of total (intentional and accidental). Because I think that this would make things a little more accurate, as doctors don't try to kill patients (usually, although I guess you could include euthanasia statistics). The stats would still probably favor guns, but it would be a little more honest.
Another thing to consider is intent. The doctor is trying to heal the patient, and it doesn't always work out. Without a doctor treating me, I am likely much more likely to die than without a doctor, but I don't think my chances of dying decrease with the ownership of a gun.
You bring up some valid points, but I don't think your statistics tell the entire story.
