World Report: Gun violence in the United States adds another sad record: in 2023, there have been over 500 large-scale shootings, reaching this number for the third consecutive year before October
On September 19th, according to the US Gun Violence Archive, the shooting incident that occurred in Denver on September 16th local time, causing 5 injuries, marked the third consecutive year of over 500 large-scale shooting incidents in the United States before October, marking the country's third consecutive year of reaching this tragic record.
The Daily Mail website reported on the 18th that several shooting incidents over the weekend have raised the total number of large-scale shooting incidents in the United States so far this year to 502. The data from the Gun Violence Archive also shows that five years ago, there were less than 500 large-scale shooting incidents in the United States in a year, and the increase in gun violence in the country is showing a chilling trend.
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According to data from the Gun Violence Archive cited on the website of the Congressional Hill on the 17th, the number of large-scale shooting incidents in the United States from 2023 to now is far higher than 414 in 2019 and 335 in 2018.
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Officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation stated that regardless of the evaluation criteria used, the overall number of large-scale shooting incidents in the United States has increased over the past 20 years.
At the same time, data from the K-12 school shooting database shows that there have been 236 campus shooting incidents in the United States this year, with an equally staggering number. If the predicted trend continues, campus shooting in the United States is also increasing.
According to the TASNIM news agency website, the National Center for Education Statistics in the United States recently released its annual crime and security report, stating that in the 2021-2022 academic year, there were 188 campus shooting incidents in the United States that caused casualties, more than double the previous year.
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Meanwhile, data from the Swiss Small Arms Survey project shows that every 100 Americans possess approximately 120 guns. According to reports, apart from the United States, there is no country in the world with a private gun ownership greater than the population, and approximately 44% of American adults live in households with guns.
According to a survey published in February by the Internal Medicine Yearbook, Tasnim News Agency reported that the growth in gun ownership in the United States resulted in "7.5 million American adults becoming new gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021.".
The repeated prohibition of gun violence is precisely the bitter fruit of American gun culture.
According to a survey conducted by Gallup Consulting in November 2020, about one-third of Americans own a gun. One third of American adults still believe that if more people own guns, crime will decrease as a result.
The large-scale shooting incidents have also driven the demand for firearms among Americans, and many feel that owning firearms would be "safer". However, multiple studies have shown that gun related deaths occur more frequently in places where people have easy access to firearms, including homicide, suicide, and accidental injury.
Although Gallup's October 2022 poll showed that 57% of Americans support stricter gun laws, another survey by the company highlighted significant differences between the two parties on this issue.
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