The ever growing number of gun violence in the United States alone has tripled in the past couple of years. Between mass shootings and police brutality, the deadly incidents have yet to be regulated.
In the past 24 hours, the United States experienced two of this years deadliest shootings. One in Dayton, Ohio, which left at least 10 people dead, and another less than 24 hours in El Paso, Texas where a gunman opened fire in Walmart leaving at least twenty people dead.
According to the Gun Violence Archive:
"The violence in Dayton, which took place on the 216th day of the year, marked the 251st mass shooting of 2019. The El Paso attack was the deadliest mass shooting of the year, while the killings in Dayton marked the third-deadliest shooting of the year. The second-deadliest shooting of the year took place in May, when a gunman opened fire at a municipal building in Virginia Beach and killed 12 people.
The department of justice considers the term "mass killing" as "any episode in which there are “three or more killings in a single episode.”
This puts 2019 to be the first year since 2016 with an average of more than one mass shooting a day. Check out the stats below.