Literature that has itself been highly criticised. This is not AIC data, it was borrowed from gun control advocates. A firearm was used in 1 in 4 homicides and 1 in 5 suicides. There is at least one suicide death by firearm each day, and every fourth day one person is killed by another, with the use of a firearm. Here we see a real picture of firearm deaths.
Suicides account for more that four out of five firearm deaths.
Canada has a lesson for Australia. Canada implemented new law on firearms in 1977. In a before-after study for the years 1969 to 1985, Lester and Leenaars found that while the number of suicides by firearms declined after the introduction of the new law, the overall suicide rate in Canada increased. The amortisation of the firearm homicide and suicide figures to a daily rate is a technique designed to exaggerate the figures in the mind of the reader. Not only is the home more dangerous than the street from a homicide risk perspective, the chances of a firearm being used in the home are much higher than on the street.