When the likes of StrolinJohnny and Cap'n Ginger let their discourse sink to ad hominem attacks and name calling, they have demonstrated that they are not listening. They see only their side of the issue and any intellectual exchange there might have been has ceased: a perfect illustration of bigotry and closed mindedness. I will address on point of Strollin's as it was left undifferentiated, 30,000 gun deaths a year in the US.

That said the last year for complete statistics was 2002 there were 30,342 firearms related deaths. 4144 were accidental, 17,108 were suicides, 11,629 were homicides, 300 were legal homicides (at the hand of a peace officer or armed citizen, justifiable) and 243 were of an undetermined nature.