Just to further your education in things in the USA, Gunpolicy.org is a far left wing organization bent on eradicating private ownership of firearms in the US. Any information from that source is highly suspect.
In fact, that figure you quoted includes suicides, which were a massive component of that figure (they could have, and obviously do, use other methods), accidental deaths, homicides, justifiable homicides and probably a few extras to round up the numbers.
Back in the late 1970's I was doing a study on homicide and ran across a figure I can't recall from another source with a similar intention. When I added up all the officially known deaths in the various categories, I still came up short of their claims by 5 figures.
And, as you point out, criminals and wannabe revolutionaries/terrorists will find their armament regardless.
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