One Nation Under the Gun: Thousands of US Gun Deaths Since Newtown Jason Cherkis - The Huffington Post
go to original March 23, 2013

The Huffington Post has tracked gun-related deaths in the United States since Newtown. Click here for an interactive map of those who have died.

In the first week after the Newtown, Conn., massacre on Dec. 14, more than 100 people in the U.S. were killed by guns. In the first seven weeks, that number had risen to at least 1,285 gunshot killings and accidental deaths. A little more than three months after Newtown, there have been 2,243.

The Huffington Post has recorded every gun-involved murder and accidental shooting death reported in U.S. news media since Newtown, revealing an epidemic that shows no signs of abating.

The horrors cannot be contained behind yellow police tape or find resolution in a courtroom. For the victim's families, the grief deforms all it touches.

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