Excerpt: "The decline of motor vehicle deaths results from decades of federal health-based injury prevention strategies that regulate vehicle safety standards and highway design. Firearms, on the other hand, remain the only consumer product that is not federally regulated for health and safety."



According to the Violence Policy Center's new state-by-state analysis of the latest 2009 government data, gun-related deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 10 states. (photo: ConsumerBell)