Truthsharer, of course you are trying to make a point, you are seeking to suggest the two cases are not different. Let me help you with the differences.
An accident may happen to anyone, and — may it never happen to us or our loved ones, neither as victims nor as drivers — in an accident it is unfortunately possible to hurt another human being. Sometimes severely (especially if we are driving a vehicle much heavier than the other vehicle, or if they are walking or biking). There is always negligence involved in every accident, we are supposed to be driving in such a way that even if someone else makes a mistake or is reckless, we still are able to stop and avoid the accident. Unfortunately, no one of us drives like that, especially not in NYC and any other city, also because if one did, everyone else honks. Thus, a terrible accident R”L may happen to any of us.
That a person recklessly plays with firearms and kills someone, goes to prison, after serving a few years he still drives recklessly and under the influence and gets a citation, a few days later he is again driving someone else’s car (could not he ask the lady to drive?), drives at twice the speed limit in a busy area, a terrible accident happens (and he fled the scene), is not something that might happen to a normal, decent person, whether jewish or not.