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In reply to the discussion: Do you have a problem with one photo, but not the other? [View all]EX500rider
(12,840 posts)Shot to death would imply murder, not suicide.
2012: 8,855 gun homicides. (per FBI stats)
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2008-2012.xls
Suicides: The overall US suicide rate is actually lower them many other developed countries as seen in this graph here:

"Splitting roughly equally into murders, suicides and accidents" Not really...
19,990 gun suicides..
8,855 gun murders..
591 accidental gun deaths..
Suicides rates: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm
All suicides
Number of deaths: 39,518
Deaths per 100,000 population: 12.7
Cause of death rank: 10
Firearm suicides
Number of deaths: 19,990
Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.4
Suffocation suicides
Number of deaths: 9,913
Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.2
Poisoning suicides
Number of deaths: 6,564
Deaths per 100,000 population: 2.1
Accidental gun deaths: 591 in 2011, the CDC says.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/09/04/how-often-do-children-in-the-u-s-unintentionally-shoot-and-kill-people-we-dont-know/