As of August 13, at least 7,167 people had been killed by gunfire in the US since Newtown, at least 74 of them in Massachusetts.
That figure is more than 400 more than the total number of US military casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars combined.
And it is not the whole story: The figure is based on news accounts. Suicides, which account for 60% of gun deaths, are only rarely reported. Using the most recent estimates of US gun deaths by the Centers for Disease Control, it's likely that over 21,000 Americans have died in gun violence since Newtown.
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