Because they're very different things. But even if they weren't, it's not really a useful question - assuming the desired result is to reduce gun violence. See

Because they're very different things. But even if they weren't, it's not really a useful question - assuming the desired result is to reduce gun violence. See above comment again: "Because it's its own category of violence. Like any other category, it's not a matter of 'deserving', but rather just a statistic category so we can discuss and analyze it."