1.   And Barnes signed into law a measure that prohibits Georgia municipalities from suing gun manufacturers for damages related to gun deaths.

2.   Actually, the result has been fewer gun deaths.

3.   But Metaksa argued Thursday that accidental guns deaths are on the decline.

4.   Gun deaths do constitute a public health emergency.

5.   Handguns account for the vast majority of gun deaths each year.

6.   Gun deaths, of course, are not limited to minority communities.

7.   Hyde said new laws will not prevent gun deaths.

8.   How does that compare with gun deaths?

9.   It is reacting to the growth industry in municipal lawsuits against gunmakers and in private lawsuits seeking to hold manufacturers to costly account for gun deaths.

10.   Most gun deaths in America are the result of suicide, not homicide.