Mass Shootings in America have become the news, every other day. Another horrific news of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon, has surfaced. Why does the US remain so indifferent toward laws relating to gun ownership when innocent people and children are losing their lives every other day? Have we all become numb to the happenings around the world?
Another mass shooting occurred in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, May 25, 2022. It has been revealed that the shooter who mass fired on a school campus was an 18-year-old, Salvador Ramos. The accused is revealed to have worked at a local Wendy’s, as confirmed by a manager at the restaurant. The shooting that took place in the Robb Elementary School is being called a"senseless tragedy," by the US Officials.
According to reports, the suspect had reached the school for the killings after murdering his grandmother at his house. He reportedly bought the gun on his 18th birthday. Reports have also mentioned that Salvador Ramos killed anyone who came in his way.
“On behalf of the entire CBP workforce, I extend my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims from today’s horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas," stated Chris Magnus, the US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner. Reports reveal that 19 children and 2 adults have been killed so far, in this tragic incident. Grief counseling is being offered to the citizens of Uvalde, Texas at the Willie De Leon Civic Center.
Texas school mass shooting
The United States Of America has a history of a tragic number of mass shootings. Gun violence prevails in America mostly because of the lack of strict laws regarding gun ownership. The mass shooting that happened on Tuesday in Texas adds to the list with 19 children and 2 adults, collectively 21 innocent people losing their lives. The accused is said to have dropped out of school due to his financial situation as revealed by a friend.
He further revealed that Ramos, texted him showing him the picture of the gun and ammunition used in the shooting. When asked about why he had this in possession he also asked the classmate not to worry about it. The friend of the accused revealed- “He would message me here and there, and four days ago he sent me a picture of the AR he was using … and a backpack full of 5.56 rounds, probably like seven mags". He stated that Ramos also stated-"I look very different now. You wouldn’t recognize me.’'.
The recent two mass shootings took place in the US took place in Texas. The massacre at the Robb Elementary school is said to have begun at 11.32 Tuesday, when Salvador Ramos open fired in a fourth-grade classroom, sending little children fleeing for their lives. Spokesperson Marsha Espinosa spoke more about the status quo in Uvalde Texas stating- “Risking their own lives, these Border Patrol Agents and other officers put themselves between the shooter and children on the scene to draw the shooter’s attention away from potential victims and save lives,” The gunman is also reported to have been killed by the law enforcement.
The History Of Mass Shootings In America: An Unbelievable Number
A Statista study revealed that from the year 1982 to 2022, The United States of America has seen at least 1 mass shooting a year. Over the years, the country has seen mass shootings and other attacks in U.S. schools every year. However, Reports reveal that until 1999, the deaths remained in the single digits. The massacre at the Colorado Columbine High school changed the face of mass shootings in America. Since then, the number of shootings that occurred in schools and colleges has been reported to have killed 10 or more people.
Reports reveal that there were 27 school shootings with injuries or deaths this year, surpassing 2oo mass shootings collectively as of Tuesday in the year 2022. The Gun Violence Archive, an organisation that deals with data collection, has counted 212 mass shootings that have occurred so far this year, as of Tuesday.
The U.S. saw 693 mass shootings in the year 2021, 611 in 2020. And 2019 had 417. The archive also revealed that 2021 had 34 such incidents at educational institutions, 10 in 2020, and 24 shootings recorded in 2019 and 2018.
The list includes the educational institutions and the number of deaths that have occurred in the same. Here's an attempt to bring to light the massacre American educational institutions have been subjected to due to Gun violence and the lives that have been lost.
- Columbine High School, April 1999- 12 children, 1 adult- 13 lives lost.
- Red Lake High School, March 2005- 4 adults, 5 children.
- Virginia Tech, April 2007- 32 people in Blacksburg campus, more than 2 dozen wounded.
- Sandy Hook Elementary School, December 2012- 20 first-graders and six educators- 27 lives lost
- Umpqua Community College, October 2015- 9 killed, 9 wounded.
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, February 2018- 17 killed
- Santa Fe High School, May 2018- 10 students killed
- Robb Elementary School, May 2022- 19 children and 2 adults dead.
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