Claim: "As we watch the news from Colorado with horror and sympathy for the families, we should remember that each day more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire, unnecessary tragedies."
Fact-check: Rush Holt claims more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire every day
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Erin O'Neill
Date published: 2012-07-27T00:00:00