Doctors versus Guns

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My aunt sent me this, and I thought it was funny.

>A little something to ponder over...

>a. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000.

>b. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year is 120,000.

>c. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. (US Dept.of Health & Human Services)

>

>Then think about this:

>a. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000 (yes, eighty-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 .0000188.

>

>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.

>

>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 attention.

I am with 2nd careerRN on this one! I would love to tell you some nice hunting stories of places we have been, but maybe another time!! P.S. All of our 23 guns, and 3 handguns have not killed anyone either! Gun safe, double locked and every trigger is locked also.

WOO HOO!

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this went exactly the direction i predicted. can we stop being so predictable around here? roflmao.

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Sigh....I should have known better...lol

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Originally posted by [email protected]

Sigh....I should have known better...lol

rofl . indeed.

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:devil:

the word gun should be forbidden on this board

along with breastfeeding, porker, the f-word, masturbation , anything else?

wow were gonna really get into trouble when we hear a story about a cursing, masturbating, breastfeeding, gun toting nurse

The thing I find missing in the first post (which I've always gotten a kick out of btw) is this ...

How many people would die if they didn't have access to a doctor?

VS.

How many people would die if they didn't have access to a gun?

:)

Kelly

If Anna Nicole Smith went to nursing school (God forbid) and then got pregnant, she'd probably fit HappeeWendy's "cursing, masturbating, breastfeeding....etc. nurse". :chuckle

She's Texan, so I have to assume the "gun-toting" part is already filled. We ALL know that the masturbating part is...the lovely lady tells anyone with cable that on a regular basis. :eek:

No worries about me taking a funny thread and turning it into a gun debate...I'm the most conflicted gun owner in the world. I don't hunt, I vote for Democrats, and I think that gun owners SHOULD be responsible for civil damages if their improperly kept gun is stolen and then used in a crime. I also believe "self-defence" means just that--defence of self or those immediately threatened. Not defence of your TV, your stereo system, or your car. :rolleyes:

Anyhow, funny article, I've forwarded it to a couple of the guys I shoot with.

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Originally posted by RN2B2005

If Anna Nicole Smith went to nursing school (God forbid) and then got pregnant, she'd probably fit HappeeWendy's "cursing, masturbating, breastfeeding....etc. nurse". :chuckle

:roll :kiss I just spat coffee all over myself when I pictured that!

And here I thought it was a joke. How did this get so serious.

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Originally posted by JMP

Guns kill people... that is what they are for.

Guns kill animals....that is what they are for.

Guns are used in crime.....threats.....to defend property (with the threat to kill or do serious harm) ....... . that is what they are for.

Please, OH PLEASE, do not drag out that old argument about knives, cars and rope and how they can be used to kill people too! PLEASE, give us more credit than that. I beg you!

Doctors are people, who make mistakes, but as far as I know, doctors where not DESIGNED or CREATED to kill.

Guns are tools. Your hammer is dangerous if you wish it to be, or if used negligently.

You don't want the old arguments, then don't bring them.

Guns do NOT kill anything. The person aiming and fireing said tool does the killing.

Does your car drive itself? ("Officer, the car just drove into the crowd! Honest! I was just along for the ride!"

I've been around guns, and used them, for most of my life.

I have NEVER "accidentally" fired my gun, never hurt anyone, nor myself (except once, when, like an idiot, I picked up a freshly discharged casing -still hot!). Afraid of guns? No, but I do fear people. My biggest fear is having a populace w/o firearms, with a well-armed government.

Oh yeah, I'm also an NRA member.

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