Almost 160 mass shootings in the US so far this year

The figures of gun violence today seem unstoppable in the United States, where in just three and a half months since the beginning of the year almost 160 mass shootings have occurred.

According to the Gun Violence Archive, up to April 15, 157 of these incidents were recorded, among the latest are the one that happened on Friday night in Kansas City (Missouri) that left a man dead and four other people wounded, including a girl under five years of age.

On April 10, a 23-year-old man, identified as Connor Sturgeon, opened fire at a bank in Kentucky, killing four people.

Once again our nation is in mourning after a senseless act of gun violence, US President Joe Biden said, as he regretted the tragic event that took place in a downtown Louisville bank.

The incident took place a few days after another massacre at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, where a young shooter also killed six people, including three nine-year-old children.

How many more must die before Republicans in Congress act to protect our communities,” Biden asked, according to a press release.

A Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey revealed that concern and fear of gun violence is widespread in the United States, with many families being affected by a gun-related incident.

Statistics show that one in five adults has had a loved one killed by a gun, including homicide and suicide, CNN reported, warning that these lethal trends are part of an epidemic of violence in the country.

Nearly 49,000 people died here in connection with firearms in 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The numbers represent an unprecedented increase of about 23 percent, especially during 24 months of the Covid-19 pandemic.