Premature deaths from guns expose another toll of the firearms crisis

Firearm-related deaths are continuing their rapid rise in the U.S., with a new study finding they have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of "years of potential life lost" due to trauma.

Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers examined the "years of potential life lost" (YPLL) due to firearms within specific populations and geographic regions over the last decade.

In in the journal on Tuesday, they found that firearms overtook car crashes as the single largest cause of traumatic death in the U.S. in