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> The U.S. averages one to two mass shootings per day, with the specific rate varying by year and definition. Organizations like the Gun Violence Archive (GVA)
by seanmcdirmid 1y ago
> The U.S. averages one to two mass shootings per day, with the specific rate varying by year and definition. Organizations like the Gun Violence Archive (GVA) define a mass shooting as an incident where at least four people are shot and either killed or injured, not including the shooter. For example, the GVA reported the U.S. averaged two mass shootings per day in the first half of 2023, with a record-breaking number in 2021.
Here is an Axios article where Gemini is getting its information from:
> https://www.axios.com/2023/07/31/us-mass-shooting-2-every-day-2023-stats https://www.axios.com/2023/07/31/us-mass-shooting-2-every-da...
The data is available at: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
We are at 300 so far this year. You can click on mass shootings and get an enumerated list for this year with incidents and sources, I'm not sure if you can go back to other years also:
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
You could sample some of the incidents and see if they are being honest or not.