>>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.
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated 52,447
deliberate and 23,237 accidental non-fatal gunshot injuries in the
United States during 2000.[4] The majority of gun-related deaths in
the United States are suicides,[5] with firearms used in 16,907
suicides in the United "
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