国际英语资讯:Yearender: Americans facing mass shooting milestone in 2019 with no progress in gun control_时事

国际英语资讯:Yearender: Americans facing mass shooting milestone in 2019 with no progress in gun control

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- As the final days of the year approach, Americans are facing a grim milestone -- there have already been more mass shootings in 2019 than there are days in the entire year.

As of Sunday, there have been 404 cases of mass shooting in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a noNPRofit corporation that tracks gun violence across the country. This is the highest number since the organization started collecting data in 2013.

The GVA defines a mass shooting as any incident that results in four or more people being shot, not including the shooter.

国际英语资讯:Yearender: Americans facing mass shooting milestone in 2019 with no progress in gun control1

DEADLY YEAR

According to the GVA, 14,801 people were killed and 28,613 people injured by guns across the United States as of Dec. 22, excluding suicide.

It seems that hardly a day goes by where there's not a mass shooting somewhere in the country. But in reality, it's usually just a few days that typically pass before the next mass shooting. Americans have been dulled by what was once shocking news.

"My personal belief is that we are becoming hardened by the violence and callous patter in mass media," said Gail McConnell, who worked as a prosecutor for 25 years in Texas before retiring.

"The continual hype in any and every event, the callous disregard for life in TV shows, movies, and video games and the increasing isolation allowed by cell phone technology. And the feeling of entitlement," McConnell added.