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Are shootings really 'out of control'? US gun violence statistics to know this July 4th
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe United States has witnessed five mass shootings each Independence Day on average over the past...
What is a mass shooting? There's no consensus definition, but here's what you should know
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMourning and outrage have shaken the nation as mass shootings continue to mark some of the latest...
A record number of America's kids were injured or killed by gunfire in 2022
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was less than an hour into 2022 when the first child was shot. The 14-year-old girl was standing...
2024's new gun laws change the rules of firearm ownership in America. Here's how
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSeveral new laws increasing restrictions around guns go into effect in 2024 and a report released...
Three days. 10 mass shootings. More than 50 victims. US sees worst weekend of 2023.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNine children were shot at Georgia gas station. Six people were killed in a Mississippi town. Eleven...
There have been 71 mass shootings in the US this year — in just 6 weeks
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree students were shot to death and five critically injured before the gunman took his own life...
Lexington’s homicides were nearly cut in half in 2023. Why and what comes next?
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFrom 2019 to 2022, Lexington set and re-set its homicide record for four straight years. That...
US on grim pace for gun violence, mass killings in 2023: 'The bad year continues'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn acceleration of mass shootings. More public mass killings. More than 200 people across the nation...
What qualifies as a mass shooting?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn Uvalde, Texas, 19 children and two teachers were murdered in a mass shooting. In Lewiston, Maine, 17 people were killed and 13 others were wounded. In...
100 days into 2023, Louisville attack marks nation's 146th mass shooting and 15th mass killing
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt started just days into the new year when a man fatally shot seven members of his family before...