Here are some numbers from 2010, not sure of their accuracy but they are probably pretty close to reality:

31,672 firearm related deaths in 2010

Out of that, 61.2% are suicides, so around 19,383. Pretty sure if someone wants to off themself, they will find a way. I think eating a handful of pills and going to sleep is a lot easier than eating a bullet.

So, that knocks us down to 35% which are characterized as "homocides" or 11,085 which are not accidents, et cet.

The homocide rates by race show that black homocide rates are around 15.34%, which is more than 3x that of caucasions or asians. Rate of black gun homicides (this was the leading cause of death for blacks aged 15 to 29).

If we exclude gang members shooting other gang members, which is a smidgen over 80% of the gun violence, exclude cops blasting criminals (assume the shooting is legitimate since the sharp shooters will always bring out the handful of cases of bad cops as the "ah-ha moment"), exclude citizens defending themselves (avoid the Zimmerman-Martin debate), how many murders are there again? So, by my ciphering, that drives the effective number down to around 2,150-ish, give or take for a country of 300 million (using approximate numbers from 2010).

Now, take that number and compare it to the number of lives and property protected through the 2nd Amendment.

See, all those social scientists out there start to hate statistics when it runs counter to the social progressive agenda.

So, you want to change the Consitution based upon those numbers? Really ? Please tell me when the main stream media really broke down the numbers and pointed out the reality of "gun violence". We ALL know that gang members will follow gun statutes. Don't they?

When you throw out the 30K number, it sounds horrible, ... until you spend a few moments looking behind that number and the hype. Is 2K too many? OF COURSE, but how many folks defend their lives, family lives, and their property through the 2nd Amendment? I bet it's a smidgen over 2K folks.