And gun homicides have made it over 10k by a hair from 2005-2007 and otherwise been under 10k for my other dataset, which is shorter so might be higher pre-1998, car deaths were so I'll skip those pre-1998 50k+ in favor of the low 40's from 1998 on. I don't think suicide is relevant to gun control, though shooting accidents may be if you want to dredge that up and add it to the 10k, but otherwise its sitting at 40+ to >10k, not 30-30. Take that as an FYI if you didn't know and if you did with a touch of opprobrium, unless you feel suicide by gun is relevant to gun control discussions. If so, I've never heard a serious, strong case for its inclusion and if you've got one go ahead but I don't think the average American who isn't already strongly for gun control will be swayed by the suicide rate even if it exceeded vehicle fatalities. It's just a separate animal.

As to which is easier, getting a car or getting a gun, gun. It's a constitutionally protected right, and operating a motor vehicle on a public road isn't, same as carrying a gun into a courthouse or police station or other public building isn't. Maybe carrying a gun on a public road shouldn't be except that a strong case can be made that transporting a firearm poses no increased risk to others using that road, hence there's numerous reasons to permit it and none to ban it.