Benicia Independent, by Roger Straw, May 2, 2023

The U.S. is suffering a horrific and increasing level of gun violence over the last three weeks. The Gun Violence Archive (GVA) has  become the nation’s best source of information on mass shootings. These numbers came from the GVA on April 30 listing mass shootings over the previous 20 days.

• • 39 mass shootings in 20 days, just under 2 a day

  • 43 dead in 20 days, just over 2 a day

  • 191 injured in 20 days, just under 10 a day

  • Countless families, friends, communities wounded forever…

The numbers can’t begin to tell the stories of heartache and loss among families and friends and whole communities. But the numbers do tell the story of a nation in crisis. I put the details into a spreadsheet format:

Previously on the BenIndy:

• Mass Shootings – https://beniciaindependent.com/topics/mass-shootings/
• Gun Violence – https://beniciaindependent.com/topics/gun-violence/
• March For Our Lives – https://beniciaindependent.com/topics/march-for-our-lives/
• Log of Gun Violence in Benicia 2010-2013 – https://beniciaindependent.com/gun-violence-is-a-problem-in-benicia/