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One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting – study (www.theguardian.com)

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One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting, a new study shows, revealing the depth and impact of the epidemic of gun violence that has washed over the US in recent decades.

The study found that about 7% of US adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting in their lifetime, and more than 2% have been injured during one, according to new a report from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Since 2014, there have been nearly 5,000 mass shootings documented nationwide, with more than 500 occurring annually since 2020, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

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[–] Today@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is a misleading headline. Obviously a mass shooting involves a mass of people so this is pretty localized, much higher in areas around those shootings but much lower in the rest of the country. It makes people in other countries think they will step off the plane into a shootout.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

makes people in other countries think they will step off the plane into a shootout.

They should probably not be stepping off a plane into the US right now anyways. It's not safe for non USians to visit.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It’s not even safe for many Americans. But what other choice do they have, when leaving is so prohibitively expensive and they’re trapped living paycheck to paycheck?