Since Newtown Shootings: More American Gun Deaths than soldiers lost in Afghanistan

Vice President Joe Biden outlined those measures in a press conference Tuesday, emphasizing that President Barack Obama will still press for a new law. In making the case, Biden said, "Since Newtown, more people have died at the end of a gun than we have lost in Afghanistan. Pretty astounding. Pretty astounding. And Iraq, as a matter of fact. Over 5,000. That's no way to run a country."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jun/20/joe-biden/biden-newtown-more-american-gun-deaths-soldiers-lo/