2. Number of Deaths in the US by cars in 2005 (43,443).
Number homicides by guns 10,100. You can add suicides if you want but it doesn't seem relevant, as I doubt many suicidal people are going to go "Well I don't have a gun so I won't kill myself."
For what it's worth, about 36.5% of Americans reported having a gun in 2004.
There is a difference between how often crimes are prevented a year if you use a gun in self defense depending on your definition of self defense.
It's either 64,615 a year or 2.45 million.
The first study only considers it an attack prevented if you fire the gun in self defense and if you have already been attacked by the person.
So if a guy with a knife comes at you, you pull a gun and he runs away... it's not counted.
Also it should be noted that a majority of these prevented crimes are crimes committed by strangers.
Which is important to note since most crimes are committed by people you know. So whether they find away around it, or more likely they decide it's not a good idea to commit a crime against the person they know who has a gun... i'll leave that up to you.
Also two of the deadliest cities in the US New York and Washington DC have the strictest gun control laws.
