July 25th 2023.
The United States has seen yet another mass shooting, this time in Houston, Texas. According to ABC reports, the incident marks the 400th mass shooting in the United States in 2023. Data from Gun Violence Archive shows that this number is up 9% from the 365 shootings reported in July of 2022.
Tragically, Autumn Vallian, 21, was one of the victims of the shooting at Margaret Jenkins Park. She and her mother, Ebony, had attended a birthday party when two individuals pulled guns and started shooting. Ebony Vallian recalled, “I looked back and my baby was down on the ground. Gone. She was in school, trying to get a job, trying to become something, and she’s gone now.”
July has been an especially violent month with 81 lives lost and 65 shootings reported within the month alone. The 401st shooting of the year occurred at an illegal street racing event in Seattle, leaving four people hospitalized with one in critical condition. There were also shootings reported in Memphis, Tennessee, and Wade, North Carolina, during a “physical disturbance” at a gas station. Several cities including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, Houston, Dallas, and New York, as well as El Paso, Texas, Lansing, Michigan, and Shreveport, Louisiana, each reported at least two mass shootings this month.
The Biden Administration has been pushing initiatives to end gun violence. These initiatives include an executive order to expand background checks for gun purchases. However, GOP lawmakers are pushing for armed resource officers at public schools to prevent mass shootings, arguing that mental health issues are the cause of the violence.
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