The headline reads 'Half Of Gun Deaths Are Suicides.'
It doesn't mention what percentage of all deaths are suicide. Actually the percentage is fairly low, which might give the argument some validity; but there are other interesting factors to consider, such as the leading causes of death overall, which not many people seem to want to stand up and shout about
:
http://www.benbest.com/lifeext/causes.html
Or the comparative suicide rates between the United States and other countries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_suicide_rate
It seems that taken in either context, guns rate pretty low as a factor.