The number I listed was total gun deaths, including suicides and accidents. And it varies from year to year. And remember, most people shot do survive, our doctors are getting really good at treating gunshot trauma. They get lots of practice.

There's a lot of ways to slice this data pie, but no matter how you do, the number is way too high. See for yourself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States

"In 2009, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 66.9% of all homicides in the United States were perpetrated using a firearm. There were 52,447 deliberate and 23,237 accidental non-fatal gunshot injuries in the United States during 2000. The majority of gun-related deaths in the United States are suicides, with 17,352 (55.6%) of the total 31,224 firearm-related deaths in 2007 due to suicide, while 12,632 (40.5%) were homicide deaths."

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"Gun-related death rates in the United States are eight times higher than they are in countries that are economically and politically similar to it."