> There were only 323 homocides by rifle in 2011. Total of about 9200 homocides by gun.

I like "only." Like we're supposed to feel good about the 323 and the nearly 10,000 pistol homicides your source refers to.

And never mind cases of manslaughter (some of which were plea bargains for actual murder), which presumably shouldn't count because there are even more of them.

Get real: to do nothing - or to argue that only "good guys with guns" offer protection against "bad guys with guns" - is to guarantee the maximum number of gun deaths year after year after year.

Of course, if you're fine with that....