Gun deaths in Florida, with the axis upside down

The y axis ran downwards, so the sharp rise in firearm murders after the Stand Your Ground law read at a glance as a collapse. The designer said it echoed blood dripping; most readers saw a line falling.

The graphic is still in copyright and is not reproduced here.

By
Reuters · 2014
Where
Newsroom · Gun policy
Form
Static image · to inform
Visual
Position, Sequence
Data
Florida Department of Law Enforcement

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