It's 19 weeks into the year and America has already seen 198 mass shootings

[Nevilledog]

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Carlos E. Gates
@CarlosEGates1
It’s only May of 2022. America has already seen 198 mass shootings.

This cannot be what our founding fathers intentions were.

When will legislators stop fearing the NRA?

198 mass shootings in 2022 already, including the Buffalo, New York, attack -

npr.org
It's 19 weeks into the year and America has already seen 198 mass shootings
This averages out to about 10 such attacks a week.
9:43 AM · May 15, 2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/15/1099008586/mass-shootings-us-2022-tally-number

The 10 people killed, and an additional three injured, make this weekend's racially motivated attack at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket the deadliest mass shooting of the year in the United States.

It is also the 198th mass shooting in 2022. With just over 19 weeks into the year, this averages out to about 10 such attacks a week.

The tally comes from the Gun Violence Archive, an independent data collection organization. The group defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot or killed, excluding the shooter. The full list of mass shootings in 2022 can be found here.

Prior to the Buffalo attack, the largest-scale mass shooting this year was at a car show in Dumas, Ark., on March 19. That attack killed one person and injured 27.

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[gldstwmn]

1. Heaven forbid we should try to do anything about our gun problem though.

[dalton99a]

2. Pretty soon only a body count of 30 or greater will make national news

[Nevilledog]

3. You're right.

[doc03]

4. What does it take to make nationwide news, 10

or more?

[Eyeball_Kid]

5. America's Great Failure: No political will to stop the mass shootings.

It's because the measures that CAN be taken involved regulation of weapons. The GOP will NEVER support measures that reduce the killings.

GOP:

1. No regulation of firearms.

2. No accountability for the 2021 attempted coup.

3. No reproductive rights for women.

4. No free and fair elections.

5. No recognition that Biden won the 2020 election.

6. No loyalty to the US Constitution.

[Initech]

7. The NRA has too much power in this country.

They need to be taken down a few pegs.

[walkingman]

6. It is the same old story for the GOP - God, Guns, and Gays. Until voters step up

and say enough of this horseshit it will go on. Sadly it provides them cover for destroying our Democracy.

[bif]

8. We're number 1!

[CanonRay]

9. Even before this post gets to the bottom of the list

it's outdated. Sick.