Use of the “gun-death” or any sort of “gun-x” statistic is prejudicial. Using this sort of statistic is pre-deciding private ownership of firearms is bad, and never check your theory at all. This paper shows substantial evidence contradicting that prejudice. economics.wm.edu/wp/cwm_wp158...

Avoidable deaths are a bad thing. Gun death are avoidable deaths. There's nothing 'pre-deciding' about looking at a fact and drawing conclusions from it.