Article snippet: That claim, which puts the “gun violence” toll at 100 a day, can’t be squared with any existing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which tracks mortality from guns but does not have data from this year. Even the so-called Gun Violence Archives, which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer referenced in his remarks, doesn’t jibe with the stats cited at the rally. The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit formed in 2013, states on its website that 6,635 people have died in 2019 so far from “gun violence.” Schumer also claimed that there have been 102 mass shootings in the United States since the House passed HR 8, but according to the Gun Violence Archives he references, 176 mass shooting are recorded there and those include a wide range of incidents ranging from domestic murder-suicides to drug and gang-related incidents. “So let’s think of that — two numbers — 102 people killed; 114 the number of days the bill has sat in the Senate,” Schumer said. “It is outrageous.” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) spoke at a rally at the Capitol on Thursday urging the Senate to take up a universal background check gun bill that passed in the House in March. (Penny Starr/Breitbart News) Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) opened the rally with a backdrop of volunteers from gun control activists groups holding placards with white stick figures. Volunteers also held signs with the “11,400 dead” figure. “Behind us this afternoon are representations of the 11,400 individuals wh... Link to the full article to read more