There were 501 mass shootings in the United States in 2024 (a shooting in which at least four people were shot - not counting the shooter). That's slightly less than in 2023, but it's not a reason to celebrate. There were still about one and a half mass shooting for every day on average.
This doesn't happen in any other developed nation. None of them even come close to the carnage allowed to happen in the United States. The sad part is that it doesn't have to be that way. A few reasonable gun laws could prevent most of those shootings - and it could be done without violating the Constitution's Second Amendment.
Unfortunately, even though most Americans want those laws, it won't happen. It won't happen this year or the next because the government is controlled by Republicans. And Republicans have decided that it's more important to protect the right of criminals and other dangerous people to buy a gun than it is to save the innocent lives of Americans.
Expect 2025 to be a bloody one - with a ridiculous and unnecessary number of mass shootings (and gun deaths.
NOTE - the numbers in the chart above are from the Gun Violence Archive.
