This is hardly new, but this made the rounds of the police department recently via email and garnered huge laughs from the troops. Anyway, it eventually filtered down to me and I knew you’d enjoy it!

>>>Subject: : Interesting statistics
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>>
>> > > Important Information to consider:
>> > >
>> > > Number of physicians in the US: 700,000.
>> > >
>> > > Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000
>> > >
>> > > Accidental death per physician: 0.17 (U. S. Dept. of Health and Human
>> > > Services )
>> > >
>> > > Number of Gun Owners in the US: 80,000,000.
>> > >
>> > > Number of accidental gun deaths per year: 1,500
>> > >
>> > > Accidental deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188
>> > >
>> > > Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous
>>than
>> > > gun owners.
>> > >
>> > > Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has at least one doctor.
>> > >
>> > > Please alert your friends to this alarming threat.
>> > >
>> > > We must ban doctors before this gets totally out of hand.
>>&! gt; >
>> > > As a public health measure, I have withheld the statistics on lawyers
>>for
>> > > fear that the shock might cause people to seek medical attention!
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