The Onion has been posting the same article for nine years now
NASHVILLE, TN—In the hours following a violent rampage in Tennessee in which a lone attacker killed at least six individuals and injured several others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Tuesday that there was no way to...
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It says:
At press time, residents of the only economically advanced nation in the world where roughly two mass shootings have occurred every month for the past eight years were referring to themselves and their situation as “helpless.”
That may have been true 10 years ago but I believe that currently there's more than one a day happening in the U.S.A. Actually, nearly 2/day:
Last year, the group counted 647 mass shootings. Of those, 21 involved five or more fatalities.
By
Daniel Victor
At the start of 2023, the United States has gotten no reprieve from its epidemic of mass shootings.
Some happen in public places, bringing terror to the spaces Americans pass through every day, while others happen behind the closed doors of a home. Some are motivated by personal grievances, while others are terrifyingly random. Some capture widespread attention, while others are barely noticed outside the local area.
There is no consensus on what constitutes a mass shooting; different groups define it differently, depending on circumstances including the number of victims, whether the victims are killed or wounded, and whether the shooting occurs in a public place.
The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks gun violence using police reports, news coverage and other public sources, defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people were killed or injured.
As of late-March, the Gun Violence Archive
has counted 129 mass shootings in the United States this year.
The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks gun violence using police reports, news coverage and other public sources, defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people were killed or injured.
As of late-March, the Gun Violence Archive
has counted 129 mass shootings in the United States this year.
Last year, the group counted 647 mass shootings. Of those, 21 involved five or more fatalities.
There is no official consensus on what constitutes a mass shooting, but by one count there have already been scores so far this year.
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