The number of targeted shootings in the US in 2021 increased by more than 50% compared to the previous year

According to the latest statistics of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the number of targeted shootings in the country in 2021 has increased by more than 50% compared to the previous year.

US Democratic senators announced yesterday that there is a need for large-scale discussion on gun control after the horrific shooting in the town of Uvalde, Texas that left at least 19 children and two adults. die.

10 days earlier, another bloody shooting took the lives of 10 people in Buffalo, New York state.

Two mass shootings in just over a week are putting pressure on the Democratic leader, who has a majority in the Senate, to raise the issue of gun control to Congress in early July.

Democratic senators from states such as Connecticut, Montana, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island emphasized that action or vote on this matter should be taken and every member of the Senate should be held accountable.

Members of Congress are facing criticism for not having serious debate about gun control measures since 2013, after a 20-year-old gunman killed 20 children and six staff members at a police station. Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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