a friend who is an avid gun lover sent me this.................
[P class=MsoNormal][FONT face=Tahoma size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]Subject:[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma size=2][SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"] FW: Staggering Statistics[/SPAN][/FONT]
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[SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px"] [BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt"] [P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center][FONT face=Tahoma color=red size=7][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 36pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]FACTS TO PONDER:[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT color=black][SPAN style="COLOR: black"][/SPAN][/FONT]
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[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"][FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"] [/SPAN][/FONT][FONT color=black][SPAN style="COLOR: black"][/SPAN][/FONT]
[P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"] (A) The number of physicians in the[SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space] [/SPAN] U.S.[SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space] [/SPAN]is[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]700,000.
(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians[SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space] [/SPAN]
per year are[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]120,000.
(C) Accidental deaths per physician
is[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]0.171.
[SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1219450742_0]Statistics[/SPAN] courtesy of[SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space] [/SPAN] U.S.[SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space] [/SPAN]Dept of[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]Health Human Services.
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Now think about this:
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=red size=7][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 36pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]Guns:
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"](A) The number of gun owners in the[SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space] [/SPAN] U.S.
is
80,000,000.[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=purple size=1][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"](Yes, that's 80 million..)
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"](B) The number of accidental gun deaths[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]per year, all age groups,
is
1,500.
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(C) The number of accidental deaths[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]per gun owner[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]is[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT color=black][SPAN style="COLOR: black"][/SPAN][/FONT]
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[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"].000188.
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=red size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]Statistics courtesy of [SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1219450742_1]FBI[/SPAN]
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So,[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT color=black][SPAN style="COLOR: black"][/SPAN][/FONT] [P class=MsoNormal][FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"][/SPAN][/FONT][FONT color=black][SPAN style="COLOR: black"][/SPAN][/FONT]
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[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=purple size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"] 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
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Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."
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FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN,
BUT[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=purple size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
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[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=#ff0080 size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #ff0080; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]Please alert your friends[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=#ff0080 size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #ff0080; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]to this
alarming threat.[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=#ff0080 size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #ff0080; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]We must ban doctors[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=#ff0080 size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #ff0080; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!
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[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=purple size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]Out of concern for the public at large,[SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space] [/SPAN]
I withheld the statistics on[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=red size=5][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]lawyers[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=5][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]for fear the shock would cause[/SPAN][/FONT][SPAN class=ecapple-converted-space][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"] [/SPAN][/FONT][/SPAN][FONT face=Arial color=black size=2][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"]
[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT face=Tahoma color=blue size=4][SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"]people to panic and seek medical attention[/SPAN][/FONT][FONT color=black][SPAN style="COLOR: black"][/SPAN][/FONT] [BLOCKQUOTE][/BLOCKQUOTE][/SPAN]