[link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] 2018, the most recent year for which data are available as of 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Center for Health Statistics reports 38,390 deaths by firearm, of which 24,432 were by suicide and 13,958 were homicides.

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National Drug-Involved Overdose Deaths—Number Among All Ages, by Gender, 1999-2019. More than 70,000 Americans died from drug-involved overdose in 2019, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids.


A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers to be as high as 440,000. Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.



So why is no one harping on either of these things?

2/3's of the firearm deaths are suicides, and they would have kiled themselves some other way if they didn't have a gun.

So you're left with 13000 gun killings a year, in a country that has between 250,000 and 400,000 people killed by DOCTORS

If I were you and I were REALLY concerned about people dying I'd chose another cause, especially when it is estimated gun owners PREVENT over three million violent crimes every year in the USA. The simple fact is armed americans save many more lives than they take.