Texas alone has suffered 17 mass shootings this year and now lawmakers propose ‘battlefield trauma care’ facilities in schools
If the current rate continues, 2023 will see 60 mass killings by year-end compared with 36 last year.
A law enforcement officer walks as people are evacuated from a shopping center where a mass shooting occurred on 6 May in Allen, Texas.Robert Spitzer, author of The Gun Dilemma and five other books on gun policy, said that the upsurge in mass shootings was the product of several colliding factors.
“More guns in circulation have inevitably led to an upsurge in general gun mayhem, from more domestic violence to road rage incidents and other circumstances where the presence of guns makes lethality more likely,” Spitzer said.Joshua Horwitz
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