The most dangerous person around, other than your congressman, is probably your medical doctor. Medical error causes 44,000 to 98,000 deaths per year, motor vehicles 44,000 and firearms 34,000 (Institute of Medicine and National Safety Council).

Gun controllers, drug warriors and socialists tell us that congressmen can fix anything. Ask Congress to fix your doctor, make medical error statistics and instructions for filing malpractice claims available in the waiting room.

In “More Guns, Less Crime,” professor John Lott Jr. claims that concealed weapons avert rapes, homicides and assaults. You might be better off carrying a gun than seeing a doctor.

Robert G. Dostal

Iowa City