Your chart is off by 20,,000 deaths though, in 2007 31,244 deaths by firearm were recorded, which is about average, the 10,000 figure is likely taken from murders by firearm, which is also generally at around 10,000 per year.
I suppose they thought a massive circle of 30,000 wouldn't leave room for anything else, like the 'we're not as bad as Jamaica and a couple of other third world crap holes' comment.
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