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554 kids under the age of 12 killed by gun violence across the country. you see the individual incidents there. as we go state by state, you'll see the darker states have a higher average of kids killed per capita. one of the things really interesting to me was the type of guns that seems to be causing the most horrific effect on children, hand guns. far and away are killing kids at a much greater rate than any other guns. listening to kate's interview with the parents there was a huge push for federal legislation after the sandy hook shooting and almost nothing changed. it was the state by st...

>> and talk about it. raise awareness. >> and three years since sandy hook. new analysis by nbc news find one child a day dies by gun violence. we're joined by cal perry with more on these numbers. >> we chart year by we're. we use this date to look at gun violence and specific 55 clgs of 5 -- 554 children killed.

Even more interesting because he says he's not fit to be commander in chief. stay tuned for all of that. thanks to you, anne gearan and chris cillizza. from the new "the washington post" newsroom. it has been three years since the day 20 children and six staff members were gunned down in a connecticut elementary school. a tragedy that many thought would transform the national debate over gun violence in america. since sandy hook, 554 children under the age of 12 have been killed by a firearm. msnbc's kate snow asked the parents of two newtown victims about guns in america. mark barden lost h...

Together and found solace in that. they have a great relationship together and go somewhere warm and nice. they do mark the day, but they want to move forward for their other children. >> really powerful stuff. kate, thank you. >> thanks, erica. nbc news analyzed shooting cases in the u.s. since the tragedy in sandy hook and found in the past three years, 554 children under the age of 12 have been killed by a gun. that is one child killed every other day. cal perry, i know you have more on these findings. what else did you come across? >> we are breaking it down state by state. nbc news look...

>> pride is not a good enough word to describe how proud i am of him. he pretty much sums up, what it means, the definition of being a warrior. he should not be alive at all. he saved every single person's life on that train today, close to 554. including the man who was shot in the neck. he was able to plug his wound with his own hand and stopped him from bleeding to death right there on the train and got medical help. we basically just discussed, you know, a lot of people just sit back. if something were to ever happen like that we weren't going to sit down and take it. he did exactly what h...