US: Gun violence victim on life after the bullet (2) The scourge of gun violence in the US kills 36,000 Americans a year, and hundreds more are shot and wounded daily in the most-heavily armed country in the world. AFP spoke to some of the victims -- of mass shootings, and just everyday arguments that go awry -- on how their lives were changed forever when they ended up on the wrong end of a gun barrel. Dubbed the "Iron Man" for shielding his classmates during the Parkland school shooting while being repeatedly shot at, 16-year-old Anthony Borges is now homeschooled by his father and dreams of being a soccer player. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES