President says ‘epidemic of gun violence is tearing our communities apart’ after mass shootings in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Baltimore and Chicago

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[–] 97 points 3 years ago (96 children)

According to the Gun Violence Archive, 21,782 Americans have been killed in shootings halfway through 2023.

I know that's not 100% mass shootings, but that's still a stunningly bleak number. Rounding up from the .97 that's five human lives every hour of 2023 up to July.

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