For the sake of dealing with better numbers, about a third of that figure is suicide. And very, very, very few gun deaths are by rifle. Last year ~9k people were shot in the US - ~8450 by handgun, ~300 by shotgun, and many of those killed by rifles were shot by police.<p>I know this doesn&#x27;t change the calculus for most people. Just trying to get more realistic figures into the conversation.