This table includes the names, locations, and casualty information from each mass shooting the Archive recorded in the US in 2022: Gun violence overall killed more than 44,000 people in the US in 2022, according to the Archive's records. The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit that tracks shootings in the US, recorded 647 mass shootings in 2022. There were 13 mass shootings in the first weekend in June, fewer than two weeks after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, marking the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. In July, just over a week after Biden signed a bipartisan gun-reform bill into law, seven people were killed and more than 30 others were injured following a mass shooting during a US Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois. "When will we decide we've had enough? We must address the public health epidemic of gun violence in all of its forms." More families left with an empty chair at the table and hole in their lives that cannot be filled," President Joe Biden said in a statement following the Club Q shooting. "Yet another community in America has been torn apart by gun violence. Among the victims were two bartenders and a trans woman visiting from Denver. Tragedy struck Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the night of November 20, 2022, when a 22-year-old gunman opened fire in an LGBTQ nightclub, killing five people and injuring dozens. The United States is an unfortunate outlier.Īs people across the country beg for gun reform - families of gun violence victims have been calling on officials to tighten gun control legislation - mass shootings keep occurring at a frenetic pace. It often indicates a user profile.īy clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from InsiderĪs well as other partner offers and accept our Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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