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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