New year has brought six mass killings in the US in fewer than three weeks, accounting for 39 deaths, with experts blaming 393 million guns in private hands for the unending cycle of violence
In a country with more guns than people — and one emerging from three years of isolation, stress and infighting amid the pandemic — Americans are beginning 2023 with a steady barrage of mass slaughter.
On Tuesday, several Uvalde families and parents travelled more than three hours to their state's Capitol to renew calls for tighter gun laws, even if they have little chance of winning over the Republican-controlled Legislature. Gun sales in the US hit historic highs as the coronavirus pandemic took hold, the economy stalled and people took to the streets to protest police brutality and racial injustice. The surge largely continued the following year, with sales spiking 75 percent the same month that a mob attacked the US Capitol, before dipping to about 16 million this year.
In 2022, the United States marked its first deadly gun rampage of the year on January 23 — a year ago on Monday. By that same date this year, six mass killings have claimed 39 lives, according to a database of mass killings maintained by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.
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