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Statistics are great
« on: Nov 10th, 2003, 3:48pm » |
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Statistics are great!
The number of physicians in the United States is 700,000.
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year is 120,000.
Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. (US Dept. of Health & Human Services).
The number of gun owners in the US is 80 million (yes, 80 million!).
The number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) is 1,500.
The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188.
Statistically, doctors are about 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners
Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but almost everyone has a doctor. Some have more than one!
Please alert everyone you know to this threat. We must ban doctors for the good of humanity.
I have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear that the shock would cause people to seek medical attention.
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HOLY SHIT!!!!!
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And you can pull my gun from my cold dead hands, C.H.
or something like that...............
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Re: Statistics are great
« Reply #3 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 4:19pm » |
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Good god, and i have more Docs than i have guns!! Shit! i'm in big trouble. Better make a will now cause i'm a dead man for sure!!
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I wouldn't call that a statistic, but a typical example of the miserable manipulations some people go to vindicate their shitty, ignoble mentality.
Physicians pursue the target to save live. They are not perfect in saving severely ill or injured patients, and therefore regrettably lose one on occasion. But in view that over the last century the live expectancy has almost doubled, one could say that the medical community has given a second life to everybody.
On the other hand, every gun-owner is a potential murderer. 1500 accidental gun deaths per year are 1500 too many, and this blood toll caused by macho gun slingers cannot be justified by any sane reason.
The abusers of statistics shall be stricken by lightening while producing such crap! And shame on the miserable creatures that disseminate such shit.
(Fuck the NRA)
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Re: Statistics are great
« Reply #5 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 6:41pm » |
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[quote][On the other hand, every gun-owner is a potential murderer/quote]
Sorry Ulie, that is just good old fashioned bullshit. Can we say the same about everyone who owns a knife, drives a car or talks on a cell phone while driving? By your analogy we would all be would-be Killers. I’m 48, I own 14 guns, I have never thought about shooting another human being. It won’t happen.
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Lee
I'm with Ueli on this one.
You own 14 guns 
Why on earth would anyone need that many?
I am glad I don't live in the USA. Guns are still rare and our Police aren't even armed here and gun ownership is really tightly controlled (even Farmers have to work quite hard to get a shotgun licence from the Police) Hopefully I'll be in my box by the time that changes, which it inevitably and sadly will. Where the USA goes, we follow!
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I feel this country is safer with Lee having 14 guns....if only the dirtbags had guns what kind of world would this be?
Lee, blow a hole in a scumbag if you ever get the chance dude!!!
God knows ill open a scumbag wide open with the hollow points if I have too.
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Re: Statistics are great
« Reply #9 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 7:28pm » |
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on Nov 10th, 2003, 3:48pm, andy wrote:| Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year is 120,000. |
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on Nov 10th, 2003, 6:39pm, Ueli wrote:| Physicians pursue the target to save live. They are not perfect in saving severely ill or injured patients, and therefore regrettably lose one on occasion. |
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Ummm, I am fairly cerain this first quote implys accidental deaths...not the "oops, you were just too damn old and I couldn't save you" deaths.
on Nov 10th, 2003, 6:39pm, Ueli wrote:On the other hand, every gun-owner is a potential murderer. 1500 accidental gun deaths per year are 1500 too many, and this blood toll caused by macho gun slingers cannot be justified by any sane reason.
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Then I guess the same holds true for any car owner? Anyone who owns a knife? Bow? Oh hell, people drown too...how about a boat? ...just to name a few.
Back to the original statistics...add in the intentional deaths from gun owners and the results will probably be staggering. I don't think the same could be said for doctors. At least, I hope not!
Oh well...
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Re: Statistics are great
« Reply #10 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 7:33pm » |
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Pubgirl, every gun is designed to kill different things under different circumstances, if you have never been hunting, you would never understand. Our constitution guarantees our right to bear arms, most people who own them have never thought about harming other humans, they only enjoy the hunt. By the way I only own long guns. All are designed for different kinds of game, from elephants to rats. Some are antiques and are valuable investments. It’s like a hobby.
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« Reply #11 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 7:41pm » |
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I can see that. Old guns can be very beautiful things.
I don't care if it is blasphemy here though, I think that element of your constitution is insane.
Amended: Silly question here then, how come some states can control the carrying of guns then if it is against your constitution?
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Re: Statistics are great
« Reply #12 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 7:45pm » |
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on Nov 10th, 2003, 7:41pm, pubgirl wrote:
I don't care if it is blasphemy here though, I think that element of your constitution is insane.
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Re: Statistics are great
« Reply #13 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 7:45pm » |
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did a search in google for "accidental deaths" and doctors" or "physicans" and guess what?
The exact same article (word for word) showed up a bazillion times.
If ya read it on the internet, its GOTTA be true!
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« Reply #14 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 7:47pm » |
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And your President is as thick as pigshit!
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Re: Statistics are great
« Reply #15 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 7:49pm » |
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Amended: Silly question here then, how come some states can control the carrying of guns then if it is against your constitution? |
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Because people are stupid (yes, I said stupid)
enough to let them have control in the first place.
I live in a "Make My Day" (law) state.
Don't test the law at my house.
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« Reply #16 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 7:52pm » |
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We have got some things a bit arse about face here. A man shot a burglar who was in his house here and the man who shot him was sent to prison.
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What kind of cops dont have guns?
Dumbass cops.....thats who....LMMFAO
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Edit....Be good or our cops will throw rocks at you.....LMMFAO....LOL
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Yeh but your dumbass cops get killed. Ours almost never do, truthfully it's only about 1 a year in the whole of the UK.
Why did no-one argue about GB being thick?
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Re: Statistics are great
« Reply #19 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 7:59pm » |
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on Nov 10th, 2003, 6:39pm, Ueli wrote:
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And every woman is a potential prostitute ... all the equipment in the right places. Yet we don't seem to need to lock them all up, do we? 
No offense Ueli, but that argument has gone rather dry with me. I too am a gun owner and hunter and like Lee I have absolutely never had the inkling to shoot another human being. The argument of equating all guns with death and evildoing is an equally flawed argument - the same as blatantly spouting statistics. It is not the gun, but rather the miscreant individual who chooses to do ill and harm another human being. Just look at cities like Washington DC and the murder rate. Guns are outlawed, yet they continue to lead the nation in per-capita murders.
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on Nov 10th, 2003, 7:56pm, pubgirl wrote:| Why did no-one argue about GB being thick? |
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Cause Queen Charles is raping the butler.....LOL
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Re: Statistics are great
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on Nov 10th, 2003, 7:55pm, jonny wrote:What kind of cops dont have guns?
Dumbass cops.....thats who....LMMFAO
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jonny,
More like:
"Stop! or I will yell Stop! again!"
LMAO
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« Reply #23 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 8:05pm » |
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They don't even have mace so they probably shout "Stop or I might hit you with this very small stick I carry, watch out it'll sting!"
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Re: Statistics are great
« Reply #24 on: Nov 10th, 2003, 8:08pm » |
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When I first got to Okinawa in 1991, the local police didn't carry guns and drove a car that resembled the "K car". Generally speaking, guns are banned there. When I left in 1995, they were carry 9 mils and driving CBRs.
I guess they figured all those years of being dumbass cops was a little too much.
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