This is kind of the point. The fatalities-per-gunshot ratio is quite irrelevant. What matters is the number of injuries or fatalities.<p>If hypothetically giving out automatic weapons caused there to be more gunshots because every time there was a gun battle many more shots were fired, but it reduced the total number of shooting victims because now dealers are much more wary about starting a gun battle, then you could make the argument for giving out automatic weapons. Because what matters is the actual harm.<p>But if all it did was increase the number of gunshots by a lot and the number of injuries by a little then it&#x27;s clearly a bad thing. Because what matters is still the actual harm.