Thirteen Mass Shootings a Week in the USA

         PHOTO CREDIT: Collin Lloyd, Unsplash

600 mass shootings in the USA so far this year.   That number means at least 4 people at any of the 600 shootings were shot - excluding the shooter.   While this story focuses on an LGBTQ+ club,  in a largely progressive and what some might call a forward moving state - the one liner in this CNN story that is telling: "according to data from the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more than 600 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, defined as an incident in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter." Here is a bit of math to look at the numbers a bit more micro like.   

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We are at 46 weeks of the year having past,  as of 11.20.22.  600 (mass shootings - and really it's more) divided by 46 weeks is 13(+) shootings.  

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Look at that number: 13 mass shootings a week in the USA with 4 people shot each time,  excluding the shooter.  More micro centered math...

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13 (weekly mass shootings so far this year) multiplied by 4 people each equals a bit more than 52 people a week shot (not counting the shooters).  

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Today in the USA we have more than 52 people a week shot in mass shootings.

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This number also does not include any other shootings.   And this number does not include how many lived and how many passed away.   And again,  it excludes the shooters themselves. 

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/20/us/colorado-springs-shooting-gay-nightclub

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