Assault rifles are responsible for a small percentage of gun-related deaths in the US each year, estimated to be less than 500. However, the overall number of deaths caused by firearms, including handguns, is much higher, with approximately 40,000 deaths annually.
Less than 1% of all firearm deaths involved what are CALLED assault rifles.
@ 1000 or so
FBI Uniform Crime Report
70,000 deaths were caused
... you can be sure it is far fewer than drowned in backyard swimming pools.
It is not known how many deaths are caused by artichokes every year. It is possible that artichokes do not cause any deaths.
None. Like abortion, deaths involving firearms are caused by people.
430,000 deaths are caused by smoking each year.
Estimated 90 million AK-47's alone.
Tornadoes caused 44 deaths in the U.S. in 2010 and an unknown number worldwide.
Deaths caused because they thought someone was a vampire: a few hundreds, possibly. Deaths caused by people who thought they were vampires: Several tens. Deaths caused by vampires themselves: none.