Gun violence is common in the United States, and what happened at the Chesapeake City supermarket was the second major shooting incident in the United States in just a few days. There have been more than 600 mass shootings in the United States so far this year.
According to statistics from the American Gun Violence Archive website, as of November 23, there have been 608 mass shootings in the United States resulting in four or more fatalities. There are an average of 13 mass shootings a week.
Twenty-one students and teachers were killed in a shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and 10 people were killed in a supermarket shooting in Buffalo, New York. Multiple shootings also killed five people in Raleigh, four in Memphis, four in Tulsa and six in Sacramento. The list is still very long.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta: We know that this is an “American disease”, unique in the world.
Parkland, Florida high school survivor shot David Hogg: (The shootings) will continue to happen and we must do something to stop them.
Emily experienced the 4th of July shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. She is now organizing some doctors to do social activities, asking Congress to pass more gun control measures.
Emilia: Gun violence has become the “number one killer” of children in the United States today. It’s time to address gun violence as a public health concern and hear what doctors are saying about how to deal with it.
According to statistics from the American Gun Violence Archive website, nearly 40,000 people (39,728 people) have lost their lives to gun violence in the United States this year.
The frequent incidents of gun violence in the United States, the sharp differences between the two parties in Congress on the issue of gun control and the strong political influence of lobby groups representing the interests of gun manufacturers have caused the persistent problem of gun violence in the United States and are increasingly falling into a vicious circle.
A crime expert in New York City recently said it’s sad that the same cases of gun violence repeat themselves in different years. CNN previously analyzed in an article that “the cycle of gun violence in the United States is grim, predictable and permanent.”
[Redattore responsabile: Ma Rui]
