actually i hate to burst both of your bubbles but there is no way that all the accidental gun deaths could be tracked to an exact number... any reports you see are just the ones reported, on top of that media (along with all other sources of public information) are subject to getting mis information, think back to the first mine explosion/collapse or w/e the fuck it was just about a month ago, one slight slip of mis-information led most of the men's families to believe they're spouses were still alive, when in fact they weren't. there's absolutely no way you can give an exact number of how many accidental shootings there were, nor can you give an exact number of any circumstances involved (gun loaded but the person didn't think so, gun loaded accidently discharged, and so on) any time you hear "blah blah blah, in such and such state/country, in the past however many days/months/years" that is pure speculation/estimate and so on, becuase there is no way every single gun related injury is reported, and at that reported correctly... yal two can go on arguing about it if you like, but all you're getting down to now is matters of opinion/speculation, because like i said, it'd literally be impossible to give an exact number of anything...

as a matter of pure example, so and so got out on parole has strict orders not to have a gun, he's showing his buddy and his buddy gets shot, there's a chance that story will never come to light and all that will be reported is that the buddy was showing off his new gun when he shot himself with it... of course if all circumstances were like that then the estimates would be accurate, but i think anyone with half a brain cell can get what i'm trying to get at with that point.