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There have been 565 mass shootings in the US in 2023: Gun Violence Archive

  • October 26, 2023
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There have been 565 mass shootings in the United States this year alone. such as the one that occurred this Wednesday in Maine, bringing the country closer to

There have been 565 mass shootings in the United States this year alone. such as the one that occurred this Wednesday in Maine, bringing the country closer to closing 2023 with record data for incidents of this type, despite the efforts of the Maine administration. Joe Biden for establishing new restrictions on access to weapons, especially semi-automatic ones.

He Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a non-governmental organization founded in 2013 that periodically collects this type of data, defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people, not including the attacker, are killed or injured.

Statistics from previous years show 645 cases in 2022, 688 in 2021 and 610 in 2020, the three most violent years since the group began producing its reports.

Executions were carried out at three different businesses: Sparetime Recreation, Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant and a Walmart distribution center. Maine brings its number of shootings this year to 565, with this being the 31st time the number of deaths has equaled or exceeded four.

The shooting happened Wednesday evening in Lewiston, Maine.

More than 15,500 people have died in gun violence in the United States this year, excluding suicides. At least 246 children under the age of eleven died.whereas data among adolescents from 12 to 17 years old exceeds 1100.

(according to information from Europe Press)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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