U.S. Firearm & Motor Vehicle Traffic Deaths

I often hear a line of argument comparing traffic deaths to firearm deaths.

I'm a data professional.  What should I conclude?

Year	Firearm	Motor Vehicle Traffic	Page	URL
2001	29,573	42,443	71	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_03.pdf
2002	30,242	44,065	77	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_05acc.pdf
2003	30,136	43,340	78	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_13.pdf
2004	29,569	43,432	77	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr55/nvsr55_19.pdf
2005	30,694	43,667	78	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_10.pdf
2006	30,896	43,664	89	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_14.pdf
2007	31,224	42,031	89	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf
2008	31,593	37,985	91	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr59/nvsr59_10.pdf
2009	31,347	34,485	81	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf
2010	31,672	33,687	83	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_04.pdf
2011	32,351	33,783	84	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_03.pdf