Interesting Statistics....

[halfway]

There are 700,000 physicians in the U.S.

Accidental deaths caused by US Physicians each year: 120,000

Accidental deaths per physician is .171

-Source: US DHHS.



Gun owners in the US: 80,000,000 (80 MILLION)

Number of accidental h=gun deaths per year, all age groups: 1,500

The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188

-Source: FBI

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

Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors do.

Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has a doctor.

Please alert your friends to this travesty. Isn't just one death due to doctor incompetence too many? What about the children.



I do believe this is funny regardless of my political views on the matter of gun control / people control. We should all laugh.

[Bruv]

It only proves sick people shouldn't own guns

[halfway]

Bruv;1417339 wrote: It only proves sick people shouldn't own guns




Not sure how it "proves" that...or even addresses it. It does prove something to me though, haha!

It is stil interesting nonetheless. You seem to approach all posts with an open-mind.

Have a laugh every once in a while. Maybe learn a few things. Maybe see that other's have views, expressions, opinions, and well-educated thouyghts.

Makes life much easier.

[Bruv]

I was only continuing in the same vein as your humorous opening post.

[halfway]

Bruv;1417345 wrote: I was only continuing in the same vein as your humorous opening post.




I will stand down and enjoy this with a hearty chuckle!

[Bryn Mawr]

How does a doctor cause an "accidental" death?

[chonsigirl]

Kind of off topic: Makes me cringe being in hospital this week. And I came home with my arm infected from a pneumonia vacicne, spent all afternoon at Patient First.

[Snooz]

Jeez Chonsi, how could your arm get infected? Something's not right.

[chonsigirl]

Yes, I got a pneumonia shot before they released me, and it is a really bad infection. Arm is swollen and hurts a whole bunch. So I wait and see if the antibiotics work, no music for a few days, I really can't move it without hurting. And I have my new violin coming tomorrow. :-1 I will just look at it and dream of getting better.....

[Bruv]

Here comes another one.......

[Ahso!]

halfway;1417338 wrote: There are 700,000 physicians in the U.S.

Accidental deaths caused by US Physicians each year: 120,000

Accidental deaths per physician is .171

-Source: US DHHS.



Gun owners in the US: 80,000,000 (80 MILLION)

Number of accidental h=gun deaths per year, all age groups: 1,500

The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188

-Source: FBI

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

Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors do.

Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has a doctor.

Please alert your friends to this travesty. Isn't just one death due to doctor incompetence too many? What about the children.



I do believe this is funny regardless of my political views on the matter of gun control / people control. We should all laugh. :)Just more copy and paste BS.

https://www.google.com/search?client=ub ... 8&oe=utf-8

[Scrat]

A whole family wiped out in New Mexico, one of the children was a 2 year old. I wonder if he used an assault rifle, maybe he didn't. I guess we'll just have to get used to it.

[Saint_]

Scrat;1417380 wrote: A whole family wiped out in New Mexico, one of the children was a 2 year old. I wonder if he used an assault rifle, maybe he didn't. I guess we'll just have to get used to it.


Why? We didn't "get used" to drunk driving when it was killing us wholesale. We grew up, outlawed it, and moved on. You want statistics? Here's some from the CDC:

Attached files

[halfway]

Saint_;1417532 wrote: Why? We didn't "get used" to drunk driving when it was killing us wholesale. We grew up, outlawed it, and moved on. You want statistics? Here's some from the CDC:


Getting drunk and driving a car were never an individual liberty specifically protected under the Bill of Rights.

I guess the passion for maintaining individual liberty is quickly stripped by safety or security for those susceptible to emotional effects. The Founders were very well versed in human nature, and it is clearly shown in nearly every major document and action. I trust them more than Michael Moore or the current infestation of socialist / hyper-liberals destroying the democrat party.

Shame to let emotions compromise individual liberties and the protection afforded by a Constitution from a potentially dangerous government.

It is very easy to feel educated when thinking with an emotional mob or propaganda machine.

shame.

Edit:

It would almost appear that as a society, we have completely given up in trying to curb this behavior and instead go after the weapon. This is where the intentions of those wanting control comes into play. Controlling the weapon does not change human nature or behavior.

If so, the argument about sexual oppression and the need to liberate the subject would be null.

[halfway]

Scrat;1417380 wrote: A whole family wiped out in New Mexico, one of the children was a 2 year old. I wonder if he used an assault rifle, maybe he didn't. I guess we'll just have to get used to it.


We should never get used to acts of violence.

A family wiped out by a drunk driver, a patient killed by an incompetent doctor, a looney with a knife killing his mugging victim, an abusive lover taking out their partner with an iron, on and on and on.....why not try and create a more sound or moral society?

Seems that those talking about morals get immediately demonized as "forcing their views on others". Maybe those views should be listened to? In the name of tolerance, we have boxed ourselves into a "deviancy down" society.

[Ahso!]

halfway;1417549 wrote: We should never get used to acts of violence.

A family wiped out by a drunk driver, a patient killed by an incompetent doctor, a looney with a knife killing his mugging victim, an abusive lover taking out their partner with an iron, on and on and on.....why not try and create a more sound or moral society?

Seems that those talking about morals get immediately demonized as "forcing their views on others". Maybe those views should be listened to? In the name of tolerance, we have boxed ourselves into a "deviancy down" society.Divert, Divert and Divert. Remain on topic, HW.

[Eris]

halfway;1417338 wrote: There are 700,000 physicians in the U.S.

Accidental deaths caused by US Physicians each year: 120,000

Accidental deaths per physician is .171

-Source: US DHHS.


Link to the source, please.

[halfway]

Eris;1418114 wrote: Link to the source, please.


The source is listed.

Do you need me to guide you there, read it to you, and help you understand it?

Try a simple internet query.

[Eris]

halfway;1418117 wrote: The source is listed.

Do you need me to guide you there, read it to you, and help you understand it?

Try a simple internet query.
You made the claim, it's up to you to prove it.

I did a search. What do you think I found?

[flopstock]

halfway;1417338 wrote: There are 700,000 physicians in the U.S.



Accidental deaths caused by US Physicians each year: 120,000



Accidental deaths per physician is .171



-Source: US DHHS.





Gun owners in the US: 80,000,000 (80 MILLION)



Number of accidental h=gun deaths per year, all age groups: 1,500



The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188



-Source: FBI



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



Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors do.



Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has a doctor.



Please alert your friends to this travesty. Isn't just one death due to doctor incompetence too many? What about the children.





I do believe this is funny regardless of my political views on the matter of gun control / people control. We should all laugh.


Isn't this picking at nits getting a little old for you folks?



Please note that the OP states they find this funny - something to laugh at.



When the day comes that this site requires us to prove the information in a joke, it is time for folks to get a life.





Doctors More Dangerous Than Gun Owners-Humorous Fiction!

[halfway]

flopstock;1418139 wrote: Isn't this picking at nits getting a little old for you folks?



Please note that the OP states they find this funny - something to laugh at.



When the day comes that this site requires us to prove the information in a joke, it is time for folks to get a life.





Doctors More Dangerous Than Gun Owners-Humorous Fiction!


Grow up flopstock. The irony is funny, not the deaths.

Apparently you are repulsed by all sorts of late night tv (letterman, kimmel, maher etc.) Their level of satire would have you in full cardiac arrest.

Relax. Have some wine.

[Eris]

What's funny is that people still take chain e-mails seriously.

[halfway]

Eris;1418162 wrote: What's funny is that people still take chain e-mails seriously.


Apparently you don;'t see the irony either.

Take a break, have some wine. You seem a bit uptight when confronted with things you disagree with.

[flopstock]

halfway;1418156 wrote: Grow up flopstock. The irony is funny, not the deaths.



Apparently you are repulsed by all sorts of late night tv (letterman, kimmel, maher etc.) Their level of satire would have you in full cardiac arrest.



Relax. Have some wine.


Drinking may be a solution to your problems pal, not mine.



If you pulled your head out of your ass for long enough, you may have noted that I was defending you and your opening post... you flaming moron!:yh_rotfl

[flopstock]

Eris;1418162 wrote: What's funny is that people still take chain e-mails seriously.




What's funnier is that when someone posts a chain email and says it is funny, folks insist on taking the post as a serious allegation of fact.:wah:

[halfway]

flopstock;1418179 wrote: Drinking may be a solution to your problems pal, not mine.



If you pulled your head out of your ass for long enough, you may have noted that I was defending you and your opening post... you flaming moron!:yh_rotfl


Wow. Apparently you read some serious threat in my post.

Relaxing and having some wine is a good thing, no?

[Ahso!]

flopstock;1418179 wrote: If you pulled your head out of your ass for long enough, you may have noted that I was defending you and your opening post... you flaming moron!:yh_rotflWhich only goes to show that it really wasn't intended as a joke - that it was merely disguised as one so HW wouldn't have to defend it. He has made similar claims in other threads.

He thinks he's clever.

[Eris]

flopstock;1418181 wrote: What's funnier is that when someone posts a chain email and says it is funny, folks insist on taking the post as a serious allegation of fact.:wah:
I'm not certain he's using "funny" the same way you are.

[gmc]

halfway;1418156 wrote: Grow up flopstock. The irony is funny, not the deaths.

Apparently you are repulsed by all sorts of late night tv (letterman, kimmel, maher etc.) Their level of satire would have you in full cardiac arrest.

Relax. Have some wine.


If the stats are true it might conceivably be ironic. Irony is not necessarily funny.