The growing gun culture has become a serious problem in America, where school shootings have become common and thousands of children have lost their lives. President Biden is preparing to take new steps to deal with this threat.
USA Gun Culture : Presidential elections are being held in America. US President Joe Biden is going to issue a new executive order to eliminate the growing gun culture in the country before his term ends. Gun culture in America is quite frightening. Thousands of children have lost their lives in the daily school shootings here. Shootouts over trivial matters are common here. On an average, 1.5 mass shooting incidents occur every day in the USA.
Gun culture is deadly in America
The growing gun culture in America has created serious problems of violence. The problem of shootings in schools, colleges and universities is increasing. Last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics did a research. According to the research report, gun deaths of children in America have reached a record high.
America has more guns than population
According to US data, the average number of civilian guns in the USA is 120.5 guns per 100 people. This does not include the number of guns held by the police or security forces. This number is double the number of guns held by people in Yemen. Yemen has 52.8 guns per 100 people.
Around 10 thousand children have died in three years
According to the research report, 4752 children have died in gun firing in America in 2021. In most cases, the accused who fired were either teenagers or young people. Similarly, 4,368 children have been killed in gun firing in 2020, while 3,390 children were killed in 2019. Gun violence has been the number one cause of death of children in the United States since 2020. Black children used about 67% of arms for murders, while white children used weapons in 78 percent of suicide cases.
On average, 1.5 mass killings occur every day
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been at least 385 mass shootings in the US so far in 2024. Many people have been killed in these. There is an average of more than 1.5 mass shooting incidents every day in the USA.