According to the Gun Violence Archive, more than a dozen people were killed and 58 were injured in mass shootings across the country during Labor Day weekend.
A group of people are protesting against gun violence.
At least four people were injured or killed in mass shootings in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, Virginia and Florida from Friday to Tuesday.
In Charleston, five people were injured in a downtown shooting on Sunday, while five people were shot, including three who were killed at a residence in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Several students at Norfolk State University were shot in Norfolk, Virginia this weekend in an attack that left two dead and five injured, while 10 people were injured and one killed in a shooting in Cleveland, Ohio early Monday morning.
The Fourth of July parade shooting in Chicago that left six dead is one of several violent holiday weekends during the summer of 2022.
It was 476. The Gun Violence Archive shows how many mass shootings there have been in the U.S. Since the nonprofit began tracking incidents in 2014, there have been a record number of mass shooting incidents.
There have been a number of deadly mass shootings this year, including a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 students and two teachers dead and a shooting at a Tops Friendly supermarket in New York that killed 10 people. The most significant gun control measures in decades were signed into law by President Joe Biden in June. Efforts to bar intimate partners convicted of domestic violence from purchasing guns and expanding background checks for gun purchases for those under 21 are included in the legislation. According to an August Morning Consult poll, more aggressive gun control measures are supported by a majority of Americans.
The U.S. mass shooting is close to a record breaking level.
There were dozens shot in the holiday weekend.
There was a lot of violence over the Labor Day weekend.
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