It's also almost certain that they're including suicides in the gun number: "The two major component causes of all firearm injury deaths in 2009 were suicide (

It's also almost certain that they're including suicides in the gun number: "The two major component causes of all firearm injury deaths in 2009 were suicide (59.8%) and homicide (36.7%)." (source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf)