Virginia a Tragedy overshadowing other tragedies

Not going to belittle the anguish, nightmare and cruelty of what has happened in Virginia.
However, lets remember that equally innocent civilians have died in shootings and bombings across Iraq since the US invasion there. They don't seem to generate the same anguish?
Every year 25 000 people die in the US from gun related deaths.

They are two tragedies that deserve the pages devoted to this latest shooting.