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After some searching, these are the most recent statistics I've found: Number of people killed by guns in the United States in 2004: 29,569 Percentage breakdown by US gun deaths in 2004, by type: * 16,750 suicides (56% of all U.S. gun deaths) * 11,624 homicides (40%) * 649 unintentional shootings, 311 from legal intervention and 235 from undetermined intent (4%). That averages out to 81 people dying everyday from guns. "
