Got a Gun? Got a Doctor?

[Tulsa618]

Number of physicians in the US: 700,000.

Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000.

Accidental deaths per physician ... 0. 171



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. 0000188





Statistically, 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. We must ban doctors

before this gets out of hand.





As a Public Health Measure I have withheld the statistics on Lawyers for

fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical aid.

 

[EMDDIESEL]

NOT AGAIN! This EXACT post is put on here at least once a month, sometimes more. Does'nt anybody ever check first? I swear this is like the 6th time i have seen this on here

 

[Shovelhead]

It's just deja-vu all over again.



Kinda like the story about the new boat-owner leaving the trailer attatched.

 

[Tulsa618]

My apologies to those of you I bored. No, I didn't check that it hadn't been posted before - it's enough of a miracle that I even find time to read the board at all these days. I'd never seen this before, and I thought it illustrated a good point about people's priorities - and their fears. I won't post anything like this again that didn't originate from my own thoughts.

 

[BCFAST]

Bullies

Dont let 'um get you down, Tulsa... . even though I've seen it before, it still ammuzes me..... thanks for the chuckle! And the rest of you guys... lighten up... geeez.

 

[SLVRBLT]

Easy! Easy!

Hey EMDDIESEL-



Give him a break man! Yea, I've also seen it before but didn't have a friggin fit when I saw it again. It's not like someone would do a search to find if it has been posted before.



I've seen it on this site and have received it in email also. There are a lot of posts to this site and some of them go without notice to some of us that skip a few days reading now and then and some of us don't post quite as much as you do.



It is a unique bit of information that people who expound gun control should consider and read more than once! Just seemed like an unusually stern response to someone that posted something the rest of us should know. I'm not trying to flame you for your response, but at my age I've found a little more tolerance than I used to have.



Dave

 

[NVR FNSH]

Just curious - where were these stats generated? I've seen it before, same post as EMD if you recall.



As long as this is not taken out of context I think it is amusing, when somebody starts trying to use this as factual data w/o citing the source, that's a different story.



Brian

 

[B.G. Smith]

Whatever

Well, it's the first time I have seen it on the forums and I read them every day when I'm home. I did see something pertaining to how many people were killed by hospitals and Doctors on one of the TV programs a few days ago. Keep up the good work Tulsa, and besides that, if it's been more than a week since I saw it it's new to me. bg

 

[EMDDIESEL]

Whoa!, i was being sarcastic (which is hard to show online). I am sorry if it was missenterpereted. I was not having a fit at all. Sorry if i upset anyone. Was just joking around

 

[Archive]

Originally posted by EMDDIESEL

Whoa!, i was being sarcastic

EMD... with that in mind, check your post on rear differential fluid, 24 valve engine and drivetrain!!

 

[Shovelhead]

"Beware what you say, as the toes you step on today, may be connected to the butt you have to kiss tomorrow"







As taught to me by an older, and wiser supervisor



But I still keep forgetting the lesson, O Great One

 

[SLVRBLT]

Funny!

Shovel-



LMAO! That is funny stuff! I'm retired now and don't have to worry about that I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER, but darn sure remember when I did. Have to admit I blew it off sometimes.



Dave

 

[swamp rat]

Originally posted by Shovelhead





"Beware what you say, as the toes you step on today, maybe connected to the butt you have to kiss tomorrow"







As taught to me by an older, and wiser supervisor



But I still keep forgetting the lesson, O Great One

Or those toes may be connected to the foot that comes back to kick the butt of the original "toe masher"!