>In 1999, there were 28874 gun-related deaths in the United States - over 80 deaths every day and 41,611 people killed in auto accidents in 1999.
>So 10s of thousands is a slight exaggeration
The questions I would ask are
1) How many of those gun-related deaths were caused by people who owned their weapons only for target shooting fun.
2) How many of those car-related deaths were caused by people using the car as a weapon.
I will make a wild guess and say that both numbers will be very low.
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