Number of physicians in the U.S. : 700,000
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year : 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician : 0.171
Number of gun owners in the U.S. : 80,000,000
Number of accidental gun deaths per year
(all age groups) : 1,500
Accidental deaths per gun owner : 0.0000188
Therefore, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than
gun owners.
Benton County NewsTribune on the 1999-11-17