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87 Gun Deaths a Day: Why the Colorado Shooting is Tragically Unsurprising

TRAGIC FIGURES

The Colorado shooting was horrifying. But the real tragedy is how unsurprising it is. James Warren on America’s grim gun-death toll—and why we can’t seem to fix it. Plus, view an interactive map of the U.S. shooting epidemic.

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