gun statistics

Interesting facts from the National Vital Statistics Report for 2011 put out by the Centers for Disease Control.
 Suicide by firearm............19,766
Suicide by other means....18,519
Apparently people will kill themselves whether they have a gun or not.
 Homicide by firearms...................................11,101 *not sure how many,if any, were in self defense.
 Accidental discharge of firearms........................851
 Let's see just how deadly all those firearms are when compared to other vicious "killers" shall we?

 Drug induced deaths (not suicides)....................................40,239
 Alcohol............................................................................26,256
Accidental poisoning........................................................33,554
 Motor Vehicle accidents...................................................34,677
Pneumonia.......................................................................52,136
 Parkinson's Disease.........................................................23,107
Alzheimer's......................................................................84,691
Leukemia........................................................................22,982


People shouldn't "have" assault weapons because they are deadly. I "have" an AR-15. According to some people this makes me dangerous.
Based on these statistics:
 -Any person with alcohol in their home is 2X more dangerous than myself...........................Prohibition worked really well.
 -Michael J. Fox is 2X more dangerous because he "has" Parkinson's.....................................Are you trying to ban him?
 -Anybody with a car is 3X deadlier than me......................................................................................Do gun-control advocates drive?
 -Old people, nearly 8X
 -Those bald little kids connected to machines at the Shriner's Hospital (2X)
All are more dangerous simply because of what they "have". Does the argument that it's dangerous simply because I "have" it still stand up? Hell, more people died in Idaho last year (12,026) than were killed by firearms in the whole country. Idaho doesn't seem nearly as dangerous as Oregon (32,786), Washington (49,692) or California (238,993) though. Looks like Montana (9,117) and Alaska (3,849) are pretty safe places to be....despite all those conservative "gun nuts".

 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_06.pdf