I don't believe I mentioned anything concerning saved lives, it's impossible to count bodies if they aren't there to count. If you are asking about defensive gun uses (DGU's), you may want to review studies on the issues. I don't accept NRA sources any more than I accept VPC data, and I don't visit Republican sites.
Tell you what though, how about I use a Democrat source to show GGU's?
"Guns and Crime: Handgun Victimization, Firearm Self-Defense, and Firearm Theft"; the study was done by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics durring the Clinton administration. Surely you are familiar with Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig?
It showed approximately 108,000 DGU's per year, and this number was using data only from those who originally reported it.
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/165476.txt
Now you can go look at the justifiable homicides by both the police and civilians at the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/d_justifyreason.htm as well as the charts link at the bottom of the page or at
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/justifyage.gif
You seem to be either relating DGU's to a body count, and not acknowledging the fact that many/most times the presence, not the actual killing of someone is an important factor in stopping a violent crime, possibly a murder.