It wasn’t that long ago when a mass shooting in Uvalde, US, took the lives of 19 innocent children and 2 teachers. Mass shootings in America are becoming excessively frequent. The Washinton Post reported more than 240 mass shootings this year alone with at least 33 of them targeted at elementary schools.
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Multiple mass shootings in America
Saturday night in Philadelphia. A mass shooting on 4th & South Street with reports of nearly a dozen people shot. I’m on scene where police have cordoned off the popular weekend strip, a trail of what appears to be blood snaking along the sidewalk in front of a Rita’s Water Ice. pic.twitter.com/mkUoTvgy2I
— Max M. Marin (@MaxMMarin) June 5, 2022
Over the past week, more than 5 mass shootings took place across multiple states across the US. As reported by The New York Times, 3 people died and 12 more were injured as a result of a fight between two men. The men were having an aggressive argument and then began shooting. Multiple shootings took place within a few days of each other. Chattanooga, Tennessee also witnessed a horrific shooting outside a bar which left 3 dead and 14 injured.
"The US has suffered at least 246 mass shootings in 2022 -- far more than there have been days so far in the year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. That's the same number of mass shootings in 2021 through June 5."https://t.co/oaTbShNLSc | @CNN
— The Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) June 6, 2022
In addition to this, residents of Phoenix, Chester, Virginia, and South Carolina also witnessed multiple victims dead or injured, some of them were children. What is the reason for all of these mass shootings?
Joe Biden makes a statement
US President Joe Biden addressed the grave shooting that occurred in Uvalde on June 2nd. As per CNN, he urged Congress members for stricter laws on owning guns. The speech took place at the White House Cross Hall, he said:
We must at least raise the age to be able to purchase one to 21… For the children we've lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love, let's hear the call and the cry. Let's meet the moment. Let us finally do something.
However, he has yet to comment on the multiple shootings that took place over the past few days.
These kinds of mass shootings rarely happen anywhere else in the world.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 25, 2022
Why are we willing to live with this carnage? Where in God's name is our backbone to have the courage to stand up to the gun lobby?
It is time to turn this pain into action.
Surprisingly, it was noticed that the state of Texashas stricter laws on adult toys in comparison to guns. As shared by NRA-ILA, the state of South Carolina requires no ‘Permit to Purchase’, no ‘Permit to Purchase’ and no ‘Licensing of Owners’ in order to possess rifles, shotguns, and handguns.
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