Not 'Less people would die'.
But 'less people would die due to gun violence'.
See, stabbings, strangulations, poisonings, bludgeonings, suffocations, drownings, death by fire, crashing into victims with cars, all these are FINE. It's *gun* violence. *THAT'S* the problem.
Y'see.
Gloria Bunker: “Daddy don’t you know 10,000 people a year are killed by handguns!’’. Archie Bunker: “Little girl, would ya feel any better if dey wuz pushed outta windows?’’.