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Now part of the tragic list of statistics tracked by the gun violence archive. there have been 129 mass shootings across the u. s so far this year. keep in mind in 2020 to the u. s sites. 1/100 mass shooting on march 19th. the previous year. we hit that grim milestone in late march as well. so if you re keeping track of the math were on record or surpass what we saw the last two years from 2018 to 2020 to the u. s didn t see 100 mass shootings until may. the gun violence archive, which, like cnn, tracks these things that defines a mass shooting as an incident in which at least four people are shot. excluding the shooter. we want to bring in albany clayton. she s the leader , reporter on the guns and lies in america. project for the guardian. ebony. thank you so much for sharing your time and expertise with us, one of the things that we have reiterated it is unusual about this case is ....
Particularly dark time for us in the u.s.. since june, the gun violence archive has counted 90 mass shootings with 25 in just the first week of july. and mondays tragedy only added to growing feelings of anger and hopelessness and of course division within our country. that s why we wanted to end this week with our friend historian john meacham. his new book and then there was light, i abraham lincoln and the american struggle will be published in october. he is also informally advising president joe biden. john, 90 mass shootings just since june. at least 220 killed just over the fourth of july weekend. is america even equipped to process this kind of grief or even worse, have we grown numb to it? i do worry about the numbness. i think it was stalin who said a single death is a tragedy, million deaths is a statistic. ....
Beginning thursday. now, listen to this. there has not been a single week so far this year without at least four mass shootings. not a single week. that according to the nonprofit, the gun violence archive. in just the last 24 hours, there has been at least two mass shootings, one in philadelphia, pennsylvania, and one in chattanooga, tennessee. this comes as a brand-new abc news ipsos poll shows that the vast majority of americans, 70%, believe enacting new gun laws, new lows to reduce gun violence should be a higher priority than protecting the right to own a gun. in fact, poll after poll show that most americans support some sort of gun reform, and yet nothing seems to be able to get done. and even if lawmakers were able to pass some gun reform bills, they face one huge problem, the supreme court 2008 decision, we see versus howler. and msnbc reporter writes, the majority decision, is essentially what the second amendment to guarantee, for the ....
Reported as its bloodiest weekend in ten years, 15 separate shootings in total, killing six people and injuring a dozen others in a span of just 72 hours. stats by the gun violence archive confirm the spike in gun violence. gun deaths surged by more than 4,000 from 2019 to 2020 and went up again in 2021 during the pandemic. while it s hard to say what s causing the violence, some point at stress and economic hardships from the pandemic, discord from polarized politics and strained police-community relations. nearly two years after the death of george floyd sparked a national conversation on policing reforms, more protests this weekend, this time in grand rapids where demonstrators took to the streets to demand justice for patrick lyoya, who was killed by police following a ....