That's actually the direct opposite of what the article says. The very first paragraph states: "Deaths by guns, though—the great majority suicides, accidents or

That's actually the direct opposite of what the article says. The very first paragraph states: "Deaths by guns, though—the great majority suicides, accidents or domestic violence—have been trending slightly upwards." They don't give a source, but their own graph [1] shows that, aside from a tick on 2006, gun deaths have been trending down, almost indistinguishable from flat in recent years. I couldn't find a nice graph, but googling gave me these two years (that I did not cherry pick): here's an anti-gun site giving the numbers for 1998 as 30K [2] and another anti-gun "just the facts" editorial in 2013 saying it's 31K. [3] Using normal per-population numbers, the US increased in population over 13% over that time. The US in the 21st century is a very safe place to be. Foreign news may distort the picture, but middle-class Americans don't worry about being killed by guns. [1] https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Fnews%2Funited-states%2F21638140-gun-now-more-likely-kill-you-car-bangers-v-bullets&oq=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Fnews%2Funited-states%2F21638140-gun-now-more-likely-kill-you-car-bangers-v-bullets&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.2239j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8&safe=active https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp... [2] http://college.cengage.com/english/resources/research_guide/2e/resources/case_study.html http://college.cengage.com/english/resources/research_guide/... [3] http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/16/16547690-just-the-facts-gun-violence-in-america?lite http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/16/16547690-just-the...