EDIT Even though most gun deaths are suicide [1], your odds of killing yourself via suicide are still low. There's slightly less than 1% chance of your life e

EDIT Even though most gun deaths are suicide [1], your odds of killing yourself via suicide are still low. There's slightly less than 1% chance of your life ending via suicide. Taking away guns to stop suicides is a pretty big NNT. === [1] Accidental discharge: 591 Suicide by firearm: 19,990 Assault by firearm: 11,068 Unknown involving firearms: 248 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_03.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_03.pdf