On 4/26/2009 8:12 PM, somebody wrote:
> I mean after all, a mistake with a gun results in a miss or a
> non-fatal wound by definition, while the only doctor who kills intentionally
> that I can name is Dr Kevorkian.

?

A mistake by a gun-owner results in someone getting shot and possibly 
killed.
A mistake by a doctor results in someone getting hurt and possibly killed.

Compare the deaths from the two groups, and deaths from doctors are 
higher than deaths by gun owners.  The only mitigating factor I could 
possibly think of is that people see doctors more often than gun owners, 
so there are more opportunities to make mistakes overall.  I don't know 
the ratio of accidental deaths to visits, so that could make a difference.

The latest figures I saw (from a website trying to debunk the "myth," in 
fact!) were something like 16,000 killed in the US from guns, and 96,000 
by doctors.  Again, these are cases directly resulting in death due to 
medical error.

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...Chambers
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