The number of gun-related deaths in the U.S. since the deadly shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012, has gone beyond 1,000.

According to the data collected by a new interactive project between slate.com and the anonymous creator of the Twitter feed @GunDeaths, as of Friday Jan. 18, 5 a.m. GMT, 1013 people have been killed in the U.S. by guns since the Connecticut shooting.

The Connecticut shooting has been described as the deadliest rampage at an elementary school in U.S. history. 20 first-grade students and 6 staff members were killed in the shooting.

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama unveiled his gun control proposals in a response to the shooting. Obama also signed 23 executive orders.

However, the strongest pro-gun lobby group in the U.S., the National Rifle Association, has referred to Obama’s proposals as a ‘war