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Facebook posts: "USA is #1 in gun violence."

Posted by Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National On July - 23 - 2012 News Politics
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Facebook post says the U.S. is No. 1 in gun violence. Is it?

In the wake of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., Americans took to social media to express their views on guns and violence.     A reader sent us one Facebook post about the extent of gun violence in the United States. It said, "USA is #1 in gun violence. Nearly 100,000 people get shot every year. That's 270 people a day and 87 dead because of gun violence every day."     In this item, we’ll look at the first part of that claim -- that the "USA is #1 in gun violence." ...

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