I know how to work Google.
I also know that dui laws may or may not have anything to do with drunk driving deaths.
I'm sure law enforcement will pat themselves on the back and congratulate themselves for pulling you over and ruining your life after you had 3 cocktails at dinner and are on the way home.
Cars also got safer during that same time span and more people wear seat belts. But I'm sure that has nothing to do with anything.
Also from that link:
"It is important to note that the Florida drunk driving statistics, as shown above, include data from individuals who were in an alcohol-related crash, but not driving a motor vehicle at the time. The U.S. Department of Transportation defines alcohol-related deaths as "fatalities that occur in crashes where at least one driver or non-occupant (pedestrian or pedalcyclist) involved in the crash has a positive Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) value."
As for the murder rate being higher in the 1970's in Florida?
Average per year for that decade was 908 murders a year. Not "gun deaths", but murders.
Average for 2010 to current time: 993 murders a year.
So no, that is incorrect.
Also keep in mind that the early part of the 1970's was coming off of a lot of civil unrest in our country and the ending of the Vietnam war. There was a lot of overall violence in bigger cities and riots.
But in the small "normal" towns where people had guns? Not so much. The town I was in: Bartow, Fla. My mom was a deputy sheriff from 1972 to 1978.
Gun murders? Very, very rare at that time.
So thinking that gun racks in the back of pickups was in retrospect not very smart...I disagree.
These days however, I would definitely NOT do that in a bigger city. Not only are the cops trigger happy to begin with...but somebody would just break into your vehicle and steal your gun.
That's how those pesky criminals operate. They just don't "obey" the "law". lol