In 2013 motor vehicle crashes and firearm-related injuries both trended upwards, and seemed to track each other; in 2019 firearm-related injuries and drug overdoses both increased sharply. Something happened in those two years. I wonder what.
I'm sure we'll see a upward trend in 'accidents in the workplace' with all the regulations on child work age being lowered.
The pandemic changed a lot of things, more and more people purchased guns for protection, and fentanyl drug abuse is a massive issue right now and has been for years.
More and more guns were bought. NI am not aware of anything that would mply they are actually bought "for protection".
2019 in generally considered pre-pandemic, the US at least.
Starting around 2019 there was a huge increase in accidental fentanyl poisonings due to Mexican drug cartels manufacturing counterfeit prescription opioid pills.