sent by a friend i post this statistical investigation that could cause you to think;

 A)  The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.

(B)  Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year in the U.S. are 120,000

(C)  Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171 (Statistics provided by U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)

Now, consider this...

GUNS

(A)  The estimated 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 0.0000188   (Statistics provided by the FBI)

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

FACT:  not everyone has a gun, but almost everyone has at least one doctor.  This means you are over 9,000 times more likely to be killed by a doctor than by a gun owner!

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

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