this is not a valid comparison. the number of people in and around cars–and the amount of interactions that the average person has with a car–vastly outstrips those near or using guns. by at least two orders of magnitude, one would estimate.

it’s like saying that the number of papercuts received is marginally higher than the number of intentional stab wounds and the media only focuses on one.

that’s how it should be. one of those two things impacts a larger percentage of the people that encounter it.