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‘Tragedy upon tragedy’: why 39 US mass shootings already this year is just the start

‘Tragedy upon tragedy’: why 39 US mass shootings already this year is just the start

With 1,214 gun deaths so far in January, the ready availability of weapons means the toll can only climbTwo horrific killings separated by just a few days have shaken California, but such nightmarish mass shootings cannot be considered abnormal in the US. With a week still left in January, this year there have already been 39 mass shootings across the country, five of them in California.Reports from the Gun Violence Archive, a not-for-profit research group, show the predictability of American mass shootings. Nearly 70 people have been shot dead in them so far in 2023, according to their data – which classifies a mass shooting as any armed attack in which at least four people are injured or killed, not including the perpetrator.

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