Tang writes:
The second, and more general issue, is whether the prevalence of guns in a society increases the number of deaths - by murder, defence or suicide - above what it would have been without that prevalence.
Shouldn't your list also include by "accident". I would guess there are a lot more accidental deaths by guns versus knives or ropes or unlit stairwells. The prevalence of guns would effect that number, yes?
There are about 100-500 child deaths a year due to accidental shootings, yes? Umm, . . . hooray for living in a gun society, . . . hooray, hooray, hooray.