Blending suicides in with homicides without declaring or defining their contribution is deceptive. Imagine if we tried to portray how dangerous cars were, even

Blending suicides in with homicides without declaring or defining their contribution is deceptive. Imagine if we tried to portray how dangerous cars were, even to people who do not own cars, by combining pedestrian deaths by car with driver and occupant deaths by car, without calling that out and using that "deaths by car" data immediately after discussing recent pedestrian deaths. With guns, you can opt out of ownership and be "safe" from suicide and accident by gun. If you opt out of living in a high crime area you are incredibly "safe" from homicide by gun as well. That takes care of 90% of deaths by gun. OTOH, if you own a gun, are careful, mentally stable and don't live in a high crime area, you have similar odds. Much like a pedestrian who shouldn't worry about getting killed by a car.