The facts: of the 30,000 gun deaths per year, more than half (18,000) are suicides. The number of accidental deaths is about 1000. Each year there are about 3000 deaths caused by medical error, about 15,000 deaths caused by accidental falls, and over 40,000 accidental deaths caused by automobiles.
In comparison, civilians use firearms to defend themselves from criminals between 800,000 and 2.5 million times per year. About 8% of those (between 64,000 and 200,000) involve stopping a sexual assault.