Misuse of guns account for only about 1.25% of all deaths in 2007

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Death rate by all causes is 803.6 / 100,000 or about 2.4 million deaths.

The 30,000 deaths by guns is about 1.25% of all deaths in 2007.

Put into perspective gun deaths are not a significant cause of death in the United States.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf

The billions of dollars some here want to spend on gun buybacks and registration schemes and confiscations would be better spent on research and treatment of heart disease, strokes, hypertension and even diabetes rather than spending it on something that's already a tiny fraction of all deaths.