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Shooting reported at Connecticut elementary school

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Randall Gross12/14/2012 9:31:05 am PST

I’m thinking that the figure “87 deaths per day” is bogus, do you have a link other than to the DB story that is the source of this? I know that the article says “CDC” but I can’t find anything from the CDC that backs it up? The compiled gun death stats for the US from the FBI which include homicides, suicides, and accidental shooting are below:

2005 - 10,158 / 365 = 27.8
2006 - 10,225 / 365 = 28
2007 - 10,129 /365 = 27.75
2008 - 9528 /365 = 26.1
2009 - 9199 / 365 = 25.2
2010 - 8775 / 365 = 24

2011 isn’t available in compiled format that I can find. What am I missing here, is the Beast author saying that 60 or more gun deaths are unrecorded or unreported in these stats?