Too many guns lead to too many deaths in U.S.: report


By Xia Lin

NEW YORK, June 1 (Xinhua) -- There have been 213 mass shootings in the first 21 weeks of 2022 in the United States, including 27 school shootings and up to approximately 10 mass shootings every week, The New Republic on Saturday cited the Gun Violence Archive.

"This is a uniquely American phenomenon, for no other reason than the fact that, unlike everywhere else in the world, there are too many readily available guns in America," said the report written by Jason Linkins, deputy editor at the magazine.

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