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12 People Died & Over 60 Were Injured In Mass Shootings Across America This Weekend

<p>America just had one of its deadliest weekends due to mass shootings&period; A dozen people were killed and more than 60 were injured in at least ten mass shootings this past weekend in multiple U&period;S&period; cities&comma; including Philadelphia and Chattanooga&period; Multiple news sources reported that the shootings took place in areas supposed to be &&num;8220&semi;safe&comma;&&num;8221&semi; like graduation parties&comma; a nightclub&comma; a famous entertainment district&comma; and a strip mall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;06&sol;us&sol;mass-shootings-weekend-list&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">CNN<&sol;a>&comma; the first of many bloody mass shootings over the weekend took place in Socorro&comma; Texas&period; Five people were wounded after a shooter fired into a crowd gathered for a high school graduation party&comma; Police Chief David Burton said&period; All five wounded are teenagers&period; Two are now in critical condition&period; In Summerton&comma; South Carolina&comma; one person was killed&comma; and at least seven others were wounded <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;05&sol;us&sol;south-carolina-graduation-party-shooting&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">at a seperate graduation party<&sol;a>&period; A Philadelphia shooter claimed the lives of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;06&sol;us&sol;philadelphia-south-street-shooting-monday&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">two people&period; Eleven others were hit by gunfire in a busy entertainment district<&sol;a>&period; A third person who died might have been one of the shooters&comma; police said&period; In Chattanooga&comma; Tennessee&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;05&sol;us&sol;chattanooga-tennessee-shooting&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> two people were killed&comma; and 14 were wounded<&sol;a> at or near a nightclub&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The U&period;S&period; Had More Mass Shootings In 2022 Than Calendar Days<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gunviolencearchive&period;org&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Gun Violence Archive<&sol;a>&comma; there have been at least 246 mass shootings in 2022&period; This number is far higher than the number of days in the year&period; In an address to the nation last Thursday&comma; President Joe Biden <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;politics&sol;white-house&sol;biden-make-prime-time-address-calling-gun-reform-legislation-rcna31665" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">called on Congress to act on proposals calling to curb sales of semiautomatic rifles<&sol;a> like the AR-15&period; The weapons are intenede <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;armalite&period;com&sol;Armalite&sol;History" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">for military use&period; <&sol;a>They&&num;8217&semi;ve also been at the center of multiple mass shootings this year&period; The plea came after 19 children and two teachers were fatally shot at an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;uvalde-school-district-police-chief-refuses-to-answer-questions-about-law-enforcements-delayed-response-in-mass-shooting&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">elementary school in Uvalde&comma; Texa<&sol;a>s&comma; on May 24&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"91000" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;12-people-died-over-60-were-injured-in-mass-shootings-across-america-this-weekend&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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