claim: "since newtown, more people have died at the end of a gun than we have lost in afghanistan."
author: joe biden
evidence_1: jan 14, 2013 ... philadelphia has the worst homicide rates among large u.s. cities; more than 80 % of homicides there are committed with a firearm; yet it takes a mass ... you  have a greater chance of being shot and killed in philadelphia than you would  have if you were a soldier serving in the conflicts in afghanistan or iraq ...
evidence_2: dec 19, 2012 ... more americans were shot and killed in chicago (228) than died in afghanistan ( 144) as of august of this year.2 according to department of defense and ... when  gun advocates tell you we need our guns, cite the number of american children  dying every hour in the u.s., the more then 30,000 americans ...
evidence_3: apr 11, 2013 ... nationally, guns still kill twice as many children and young people than cancer,  five times as many than heart disease and 15 times more than infection,  according to the new ... since the shooting on dec. 14 in newtown, conn., 58  children have been killed by guns, according to the online magazine slate.
evidence_4: dec 19, 2014 ... last week, the pew research center released a new study showing that a  majority of people in the u.s. — 52 percent — now believe it's more important to “ protect the rights of americans to own guns” than to control gun ownership. the  results mark the first time americans have significantly prioritized gun ...
evidence_5: dec 22, 2012 ... other gun-related incidents, such as the one in 2011 which left gabrielle giffords,  an arizona congresswoman, severely injured and killed six others, did nothing to  push politicians to fight for gun control. but this time does seem different. since  the shooting more than 180,000 americans have petitioned the ...