Violent episodes during which firearms were used to cost lives in twelve people and injured fifteen others in the US over the weekend, According to police and US media, as the phenomenon that last month was described as an “epidemic” by US President Joe Biden is reviving.
The wave of episodes cost the lives of people, including minors, in the states of New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio and Minnesota.
On Saturday night, two people were killed and 12 others wounded by bullets during a celebration in Camden, New Jersey, police said.
In South Carolina, A 14-year-old was killed and fourteen other people were injured during a concert.
In Atlanta, in Georgia, police found three people dead from bullets early yesterday morning when they arrived at the scene where they had been called because shots were heard.
Three people were killed and eight injured in front of a bar in Youngstown Ohio, also early Sunday, while a 16-year-old was killed and seven people were injured in a park in Columbus.
One person was killed and eight were injured, one of them in critical condition in Minneapolis, in Minnesota, on the eve of a march organized yesterday Sunday to pay tribute to George Floyd. According to Minneapolis police, one suspect was arrested and another was killed.
These episodes have been added to a series of similar ones in the US in recent months: a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, an office building in California, a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, and massage parlors and spas in Atlanta.
THE Joe Biden, according to AMPE, introduced six measures to reduce the crisis, including the proposal to end the circulation of “ghost weapons”, which do not have serial numbers or are sold assembled, in kits, and the proposal to strengthen controls on the history of arms buyers.
Beyond the selected mass shootings, in general, violent incidents with the use of firearms – including incidents that are not particularly covered by the media, such as episodes of domestic violence or between acquaintances – have increased significantly in the country in recent years.
Firearms sales have skyrocketed since the start of the new coronavirus pandemic. 2020 was one of the years with the highest number of gun violence victims in the United States for decades. So far in 2021, at least 200 mass shootings have been recorded, violent incidents using firearms that have four or more victims, according to the US authorities.
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