This chart seems to disagree about much of that.
![[Image: gun-auto-fatalities.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=theincidentaleconomist.com%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F12%2Fgun-auto-fatalities.jpg)
In fact, since 2000 the rise has been slow but steady.
The comparison with cars is interesting. We now make cars safer but guns... we just make more of them.
![[Image: gun-auto-fatalities.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=theincidentaleconomist.com%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F12%2Fgun-auto-fatalities.jpg)
In fact, since 2000 the rise has been slow but steady.
The comparison with cars is interesting. We now make cars safer but guns... we just make more of them.