A shooting in Colorado killed five people and injured three others
According to IRNA on Tuesday, the website of the American publication Yu. اس. The shooting took place in a part of Denver, Colorado, during which the assailant was killed and a police officer was injured, E. Today reported.
According to local police officials, the assailant, whose identity has not yet been revealed by police, opened fire in seven locations in Denver, Colorado.
The magazine and other Western media outlets covered the deadly shooting in Denver, Colorado, which left three people dead and one injured in a shooting at a Dallas gas station in Texas.
According to IRNA, deadly shootings in the United States are still one of the most important news events in this country.
24,000 killed in the first six months of the year
American News Network “E. بی. C News reported in August that while the number of people killed in firearms violence in the United States in 2020 was 43,000, the death toll was unprecedented in the past two decades. AD could get worse.
Oh you. بی. So far, more than 24,000 people have been killed by gunfire across the United States, according to figures provided by the GVA in 2021.
Oh you. بی. Of the 24,000 people killed in the shootings across the United States, 800 were under the age of 18 and 174 were under the age of 12, C News continued.
Increase in mass killings
The report states that according to the Archives of the United States, 18 shootings have taken place in 12 US cities in the past week alone, leaving a total of 19 dead and 74 wounded.
The United States has the highest rate of mass murder in the world
Meanwhile, CNN reported on December 26 that half of the world’s developed countries had at least one mass shooting between 1998 and 2019, and the rest of the world had witnessed more than eight in the past 22 years. But the United States has witnessed 100 firearms massacres during this period, leaving 2,000 dead and wounded.
There are 120 weapons for every 100 Americans
“The United States is the only country in the world where the number of guns exceeds the number of people,” CNN said in a special report. According to the Small Arms Survey (SAS) of the Swiss Institute, there are 120 firearms per 100 American citizens.
The report adds: “This figure is very high compared to other countries in the world, as in a region like the Falkland Islands, there are 62 firearms per 100 people, and thus ranks second after the United States.” In Yemen, there are 53 weapons per 100 people, which makes it the third largest arms owner in the world.
Americans own 393 million weapons
CNN goes on to say that the exact number of weapons available to American citizens is unknown due to factors such as illegal sales and unregistered weapons, but according to Small Arms Survey data, Americans are estimated at 857 million. Weapons available to civilians The world has 393 million of these weapons.
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