In the last 5 months there have been at least 71 kids killed by guns. Average just under 6 years old

[DanTex]

95. That is true.

The faster you are going the more likely it is that an accident is the result in death.

There have been cost-benefit analyses about speed limits, where the take into account on one hand the time savings and economic benefits of faster transportation and shipping, and on the other hand the increased traffic deaths, as well as less fuel efficiency. I'm sure there are arguments to be made either way, but the point is that we do, in fact, approach car speed from a rational cost-benefit perspective.

But back to where we started, it is more or less impossible to argue that our gun policy is remotely appropriate in terms of balancing the costs and benefits of guns to society. Yes, there are benefits to guns -- recreation, hunting, self-defense -- but under the current regime of gun laws the costs are larger by orders of magnitude.