The deteriorating crisis in America; More than 240 blind shots in 2022.
Statistics from an American base show that more than 240 “blind shootings” have taken place in the United States this year.
There have been 240 blind shootings in the United States this year, according to a news site that monitors blindfolds in the United States.
According to the Armed Violence Archives, 33 of these shootings occurred after the May 24 attack on Ovalda, Texas, that killed 19 children and two adults.
In the past two weeks alone, indiscriminate shootings in various US cities have killed 11 people and injured 60 others.
“Blind shootings”, as defined by the “Armed Violence Archive” database, are shootings in which at least four people, other than the assailant, are shot and wounded or killed.
According to the database, this statistic means that so far this year, on average, more than one case of blind shooting has occurred in the United States. In 2022, there was not a week in which at least four blind shootings did not occur.
The number of indiscriminate shootings in the United States has increased in recent years. In 2021, nearly 700 shootings took place. This was while in 2020 this figure was 611 and a year earlier it was 417.
Comparing statistics on gun violence between the United States and the rest of the world makes the United States a very exceptional country: it has a higher rate of violent shootings than any other country in the world; Although the United States accounts for about 5 percent of the world’s population, it accounts for nearly 31 percent of those who commit mass murder.
Various analyzes have been presented on the reasons for this issue, but the freedom of carrying weapons by citizens is often considered to be the most important and main factor causing this problem.
