Since the Newtown murders last year, over 11,000 people were killed by guns in the U.S. This was reported in the on-line publication Slate, and you can see the carnage on a day-by-day count at <http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/12/gun_death_tally_every_american_gun_death_since_newtown_sandy_hook_shooting.html>.
As Slate points out, this is the number reported in publications across the country. It is an undercount, since suicides by guns are generally not reported.
For comparison, this month the American death total hit 2000 in the Afghan war. That is 2000 too many. So is 11,000.
Just think of all the money that the gun manufactures have made. It appeaqrs to be working for them but not for the victims of their greed.
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