On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:46:56 +0100 (CET)
Coppernix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > --- Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit�: 
> > ...
> > Then think about this: 
> > A. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000.
> > 
> > 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. 

If people with guns shot at as many people as doctors have to see, then the
comparison could be made. Otherwise the assumptions on which statistics are
made are violated.

If a doctor sees 30 people a day, you would need to interact with your gun
30 separate times a day for a comparison to be made.



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