YSK: in the US, you are 3x more likely to die in a car crash than you are by someone else shooting you with a gun.
If you include suicide gun deaths (making up ~2/3 of all gun deaths), the rate is about the same, edging out car deaths by a slim margin.
NOTE: 2017 data not included. This data is, of course, not fully available yet for either side. A post that includes 2017 data should absolutely be made once it is.
Data:
Average vehicle deaths over the past 5 years (2012-2016 inclusive):
(33782 + 32893 + 32744 + 35485 + 37461)/5 = 34,473
Average gun deaths over the past 5 years (2012-2016 inclusive):
(33563 + 33636 + 33594 + 36252 + 38000)/5 = 35,009
Average gun suicide deaths over the past 5 years (2012-2016 inclusive):
(11622 + 11208 + 11008 + 12979 + 12667)/5 = 11,896.8
YSK: in the US, you are 3x more likely to die in a car crash than you are by someone else shooting you with a gun.
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