Bloomberg
Guns and cars have long been among the leading causes of non-medical deaths in the U.S. By 2015, firearm fatalities will probably exceed traffic fatalities for the first time, based on data compiled by Bloomberg. While motor-vehicle deaths dropped 22 percent from 2005 to 2010, gun fatalities are rising again after a low point in 2000, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Shooting deaths in 2015 will probably rise to almost 33,000, and those related to autos will decline to about 32,000, based on the 10-year average trend. I don't really care about the comparison to car deaths. What I like about this chart is that it shows the increase in gun deaths since 2000. This provides us with a long enough time span to work with. The pro-gun insistence of starting any discussion about trends in gun deaths at 1993 becomes less tenable every year.
