"number of self-protective behaviors involving a firearm by victims of attempted or completed violent crimes or property crimes...comes to an annual average of 67,740"
-that is probably what was reported to the police
"criminal gun homicides in the [a] year: 8,275"
"230 justifiable homicides involving a private citizen using a firearm"
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/defensive-gun-use/?_r=0
"gang-related homicides typically accounted for around 13 percent of all homicides annually." 1,430 yearly are gang related. 6,845 were not self-defense or gang related.
https://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Survey-Analysis/Measuring-the-Extent-of-Gang-Problems
