America; Record 107 mass shootings since the beginning of 2022, killing 65 children and 280 teenagers
According to the latest data from the Gun Violence Archive, from the beginning of this year (2022) until last Sunday, amid an increase in armed violence across the United States, IRNA reported on Wednesday, quoting the website of TeleSur TV. 107 shootings have been recorded.
During this year, 65 American children under the age of 11 were killed and 147 children were injured in the violence, indicating the dire state of gun use in the country.
According to the report, so far in 2022, 280 teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 have lost their lives and 658 have been injured in armed violence.
Less than a week ago, there were nine shootings in the United States that left at least eight dead and 60 wounded. The first incident took place on March 19 during a car show in Dumas, Arkansas, in which one person was killed and 27 people, including six children, were injured, according to the Archives of Violence at Arms.
According to the agency, last week’s armed violence in the United States was the deadliest shooting in the country since August 31, 2019, when seven people were killed and 22 were injured in shootings in Odessa, Midland and Texas.
As of Tuesday, the total number of deaths due to violence, including the use of weapons, in the United States had reached 4,035, according to the Weapons of Violence Archive.
Everytown, a non-governmental organization, reported on its website that 54% of all acts of violence in the United States were related to domestic violence. According to the report, one in three shooting cases in this type of case has a legal ban on carrying a firearm.
According to the agency, armed violence occurs across the United States, although cities such as Portland (Oregon, West), Albuquerque (New Mexico, South) and Fresno (California, West) set new murder records by 2021. .
According to the Small Arms Survey, Americans have 393 million firearms, making it the highest per capita lethal weapon in the world.
According to the Archives of Violence with Guns, mass shootings occur when four or more people, regardless of the shooter, are shot.