(Dunno what's in the book)

I hear hand guns in particular are quite accident prone. Even if there's less crime, we might still have more deaths.

I'd check your sources. Hand Guns are no more accident prone than long guns.

Not if you adjust for usage. On average people use Long guns more than hand guns.

Well, it was hearsay anyway. Not reliable at all.

That sounds like a totally unbiased source!

PS: I have actually been paid to look into crime statistics. Guns are bad, really really bad. But, you can twist statistics to say the sky is orange if you want to.

Try reading the book. The author is a journalist who set out to build a case against guns and this book holds the facts he found.

He came into it with a bias but still ended up with the opposite book from his intentions, due to honest research.