The White House confirmed this Monday that the United States is living “a crisisfor the shooting following this weekend’s bombing in Allen, Texas, where eight people, including minors, were killed.

“It is now the 128th day of 2023, and according to leading estimates, we have seen mass shooting (number) 201 this year in this country,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at the daily press briefing.

He emphasized that on average it is more than one shoot per day and that more than 14,000 people are estimated to have died from gun violence this year.

“This is a crisis, this is a crisis that the Republicans in Congress refuse to consider. We’re talking about the biggest cause of juvenile death in the US, and Republicans in Congress say there’s nothing we can do about it,” the spokeswoman said.

Jean-Pierre recalled that President Joe Biden called on Congress this Sunday to pass legislation banning assault weapons and other high-yield weapons, among other measures.

On Saturday, a man opened fire with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at an Allen shopping center near Dallas, Texas, killing the man. eight people.

To date, according to the organization, there have been 202 “mass shootings” in the United States this year. Gun violence archivewho considers mass shootings those in which at least four people were injured – killed and wounded – and without taking into account the perpetrator of the attack.

(EFE)