by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
(NaturalNews) Everyone agrees the Sandy Hook shooting was a tragedy. Lots of people subsequently exploited the deaths of those children to push a political agenda of disarming Americans by claiming “guns kill people.”
But compared to what? Swimming pools kill people. Horseback riding kills people. And yes, even childbirth kills people. (Does that mean we should criminalize getting pregnant?)
To make any sense of death statistics, we have to ask, “Compared to what?” Because if we compare deaths by firearms to other causes of death, the picture is very, very different from the doomsday fear mongering scenarios CNN and other gun control pushers have whipped up into a nationwide frenzy. In fact, as the following infographic shows, doctors kill 2,450% more Americans than all gun-related deaths combined.
Your doctor is FAR more likely to kill you than an armed criminal
It’s true: You are 64 times more likely to be killed by your doctor than by someone else wielding a gun. That’s because 19,766 of the total 31,940 gun deaths in the USA (in the year 2011) were suicides. So the actual number of deaths from other people shooting you is only 12,174.
via Doctors kill 2,450% more Americans than all gun-related deaths combined.
Filed under: Accidents and Assassinations, Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties and Social Justice
Statement “In fact, as the following infographic shows, doctors kill 2,450% more Americans than all gun-related deaths combined.” Has guns in the public saved as many lives as doctors and the doctors are losing those that the guns have caused. Your statement is really stupid.