<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
There are many safe gun owners in the United States. I wonder though, how many murders, percentage-wise, are accomplished, with guns?
<|assistant|>
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2017, over 17 million people in the United States owned about 244 million firearms. Of the total number of murders in 2017, 109,425 were committed with firearms, accounting for nearly half of all murders reported that year. Furthermore, research has shown that 81% of those who died by firearms suicide, and 88.5% of firearms homicide victims had no relationship to the shooter. This indicates that firearms are overwhelmingly used to commit murders of people with whom the perpetrator had some kind of prior relationship. Thus, guns can be dangerous, if handled improperly, but only a minority of users act irresponsibly. Gun owners who use their weapons responsibly are far less likely to commit murder or any other crime with firearms.