[Cboldt]

That’s total homicides, many of which (maybe most) are justified self defense.

[Zarro]

That’s total homicides, many of which (maybe most) are justified self defense.

Actually, homicides is a much lower number. It includes suicides (60% of total) and accidental deaths. This link does a good job explaining the actual number, which is 32,000: http://usconservatives.about.com/od/capitalpunishment/a/Putting-Gun-Death-Statistics-In-Perspective.htm