The statement in a recent letter to the editor that “GM products kill far more people every year than guns” appears false with just a brief Google search.
Highway deaths killed about 40,000 U.S. citizens in 2017 according to the National Safety Council and guns about 40,000 to 60,000 (that includes suicides) depending on the source. I’m assuming it’s hard to get an accurate gun count based on the various gun mortality estimates. Are there GM products that I don’t know about?
The implication of his statement is that car accidents kill more people than guns. Just to clarify, that statement is at least dubious if not false.
Alan Shank
Snohomish
Editor’s note: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 38,000 gun-related deaths in 2016, about two-thirds of which were suicides. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 37,461 fatalities on U.S. roads in 2016. The NHTSA figures do not break down deaths by make of vehicle. Either way, too many, regardless of cause.
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