POLITICS One Nation Under The Gun: Thousands Of Gun Deaths Since Newtown • • t. • . • vbet•htto March 23,20B In the fast day since Newtown 37 children died as a result of gun violence. 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. There's the fear that the radio will play her favorite ballad. An airplane overhead, like the kind he flew, will strike panic. Home is not safe. One month, two months, two years, nine years since those fatal shots -- the grief never leaves. Much like when President Reagan and James Brady were shot 32 years ago, in the aftermath of Newtown there was much talk about enacting laws that might reduce this type of gun violence. People initial talked about banning assault weapons, extended ammunition magazine clips and enacting universal back ground check, to make it more difficult for felons, mental disturbed Page I 1 of 2 EFTA01114094