around 10,100 gun-involved murders. Even counting in the 17,000 or so suicides, CLEARLY your information is wrong.
That is only 27,890 gun-related "unjustified" deaths (i,e not self-defense) a year.
With 1.4 MILLION violent crimes annually, only 220,000 or so involving guns, the odds are MUCH more likely a gun will be used for self-defense. Atleast 1/2 MILLION defensive uses (Clinton DOJ study) and as many as 2 MILLION (John Lott), the benfits of our armed & free society are explicitly clear.
2005 data:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_20.html Total murders............................14,860.....100.00%
Handguns..................................7,543......50.76%
Other weapons (non firearm, non edged)....1,954......13.15%
Edged weapons.............................1,914......12.88%
Firearms (type unknown)...................1,598......10.75%
Hands, fists, feet, etc.....................892.......6.00%
Shotguns....................................517.......3.48%
Rifles......................................442.......2.97%
2005 Total gun-involved murders: 10,1002006 data:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/data/table_20.html Total murders............................14,990.....100.00%
Handguns..................................7,795......52.00%
Other weapons (non firearm, non edged)....2,158......14.40%
Edged weapons.............................1,822......12.15%
Firearms (type unknown)...................1,465.......9.77%
Hands, fists, feet, etc.....................833.......5.56%
Shotguns....................................481.......3.21%
Rifles......................................436.......2.91%
2006 Total gun-related murders: 10,107WIQARS 2004 causes of death:
Age under 1 : Firearm accident: 1
Ages 1-4: Drowning: 430
----------Homicide/gun: 36
----------Struck: 15
----------Firearm accident: 14
Ages 5-9: Suffocation: 45
----------Homicide/Gun: 45
----------Struck: 21
----------Firearm Accident: 13
Ages 10-14: Homicide/Gun: 139
------------Poisoning: 47
------------Suicde/Gun: 36
------------Firearm accident 35
Ages 15-19: Homicde/Gun: 1578
-------------Falling: 87
------------ Firearm accident 80
Total accidental death by firearm age 0-19: 143
2004 Total accidental death ALL ages: 649 (.6% of all deaths)2005 Total accidental death ALL ages: 789 (.7% of all deaths)WIQARS "2005 Suicides; 17,002 deaths by firearm"