You are quoting some web sites I have difficulty accepting as authoritative. Let's try the
National Safety Council "Odds on Dying" report, shall we? Granted, these stats are related only to fatalities, but are (I believe) still relavent:
(Accidental) Firearms discharge: 762
Intentional self-harm by firearm: 17,108
Assault by firearm: 11,829
Event of undetermined intent (Firearm discharge): 243
Legal intervention involving firearm discharge: 300
Total for 2002: 30,242, of which better than 50% are suicides.
Of the total deaths (164,112), the accidental and undetermined intent deaths by firearm of 1005 represent a miniscule percentage.
Dan LeClair
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