Guns overtake car crashes as leading cause of US trauma-related deaths, study says
This report is so incredibly depressing: “Firearm deaths have overtaken car crashes are the leading cause of death by trauma in the US[.]”
It also found that “[t]he number of suicides by firearm rose from fewer than 19,000 in 2009 to over 24,000 in 2018.”
Notably: "'The main argument is that the right to bear arms to prevent injury or to defend against aggressors may result in a small number of preventable deaths is a plausible theory, however, the data reveal that the resulting access to firearms has equated to magnitudes of death due to firearm suicides in the same individuals demanding access to firearms,' the researchers wrote."
Here’s the good news: Through research, education, laws, regulations and policies, America managed to greatly reduce the number of traffic fatalities. We can do the same for firearm deaths if we can work together and break the stranglehold of the gun industry on public policy.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/us/guns-leading-cause-of-trauma-related-deaths/index.html