[FairfieldLife] Just For the Record

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More than 10,000 Americans are killed every year by gun violence. By contrast, 
so few Americans have been killed by terrorist attacks since 9/11 that when you 
chart the two together, the terrorism death count approximates zero for every 
year except 2001. This comparison, if anything, understates the gap: Far more 
Americans die every year from (easily preventable 
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/11/9126891/gun-suicide-rate) gun suicides than gun 
homicides.
 
 The point Obama is making is clear: We spend huge amounts of money every year 
fighting terrorism, yet are unwilling, at the national level, to take even 
minor steps (like requiring background checks on all gun sales nationally) to 
stop gun violence.