Vincent J. Curtis
6 May 2019
It’s a bit rich for a medical doctor to call for more gun control because of the damage gunshots can cause. According to a report by ProPublica (Sept 19, 2013) 210,000 people die per year in U.S. hospitals as a result of medical mistakes. Let’s divide that by 20 to get a conservative estimate for Canada, giving around 10,000 who die per year from medical mistakes in Canada.
There were only 220 homicides by shooting in Canada in 2016, according to Statistics Canada and reported in the Spectator on 29 Sept 2018. Hmm, 10,000 deaths by medical mistakes versus 220 killings by guns. So far as a health problem is concerned, hospital “care” is far more dangerous than gun ownership.
Doctors should to pull the plank out of their own eye before they notice the speck in the eye of law abiding gun owners.
Never mind Doctors for Gun Reform what we really need is Gun Owners for Medical Reform!
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