THIS IS AN ASTOUNDING FACT

(h/t Dahlia Lithwick)

I would never have guessed this fact about American Exceptionalism:

PBS commentator Mark Shields says more killed by guns since '68 than in all U.S. wars
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Our ruling

Since Shields’ comparison was otherwise accurate, with about 1.4 million firearm deaths to 1.2 million in war, we rated his claim True.

UPDATE: This is the video and transcript from PBS.