The United States broke records for large-scale killings in the first half of this year, with only one incident unrelated to firearms. Northeastern University | Incident | United States
According to the Associated Press on July 14th, there were 28 large-scale killings in the first six months of this year, making it the deadliest six months since 2006.
From January 1st to June 30th this year, the United States experienced 28 large-scale killings, with only one unrelated to firearms, resulting in 140 deaths. Tennessee Republican Brent Latherwood said, "This is a terrible milestone. You never thought your family would be part of such a statistical data." In March of this year, a shooting incident occurred at the school where Latherwood's three children were located, resulting in six deaths.
James Allen Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University in the United States, said, "There have been 28 killings within 6 months, which is a staggering number. In the past, there have usually been 20 to 30 incidents within a year." Fox believes that the frequent occurrence of large-scale killings is closely related to the proliferation of firearms in the United States. The population of the United States is about 330 million, but the number of civilian firearms exceeds 400 million. Gun violence has become the norm in American social life.
The Associated Press, USA Today, and Northeastern University jointly compiled data on large-scale killings since 2006. The previous record was for 27 cases in the second half of 2022. Mass killings refer to cases where at least four people have died besides the perpetrator.
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