Overseas Network, February 4th. On February 3rd local time, the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder published an article titled "No Safe Place in the United States", saying that the proliferation of gun violence in the United States this year has continued to arouse people's concern. Pay attention, on average, more than 100 people die at gunpoint every day.
According to the article, at the beginning of 2023, the problem of gun violence in the United States has once again become the focus of attention.
In the first 25 days of this year alone, there were 40 mass shootings across the United States, a 21% increase from the previous two years and the highest number on record, according to the Gun Violence Archive website.
"In the United States, there is no safe place away from guns." The article stated that on average, more than 100 people die at gunpoint in the United States every day, and more than 200 people are injured by guns. Gun violence has also become the main cause of death for children in the United States , "This is the worst kind of American exceptionalism." The article concludes by asking whether the United States will continue to let these numbers rise month by month and continue to accept a culture of gun violence that is ubiquitous?
Will it continue to elect members of Congress who put political self-interest and the interests of the gun lobby above the safety of America's children and communities?
When will America find the courage and will to change course?
(Overseas Net Zhang Ni)