USA TODAY US Edition Deaths in U.S. firearm-related incidents compared with total U.S. war deaths: 2017-12-08 - 1.53 million Firearm-related 1968-2015 1.2 million U.S. wars 1775-2017 MIKE SMITH, PAUL TRAP/USA TODAY NBC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, icasualties.org