{"id":181956,"date":"2021-02-28T18:30:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T23:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=181956"},"modified":"2021-02-28T18:30:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T23:30:44","slug":"us-had-a-record-number-of-mass-shootings-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-had-a-record-number-of-mass-shootings-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"US Had A Record Number Of Mass Shootings In 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-had-a-record-number-of-mass-shootings-in-2020%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=181956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1257498014.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The coronavirus pandemic may have ushered in a mass shooting epidemic according to a new report that marks 2020 as the worst year on record for mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p>Mass shootings are typically defined as a gun incident with four or more victims.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all major U.S. cities saw an uptick in gun violence in 2020, particularly Midwestern cities like Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota \u2014 also the epicenter of anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Oakland to Chicago to New York City, homicides and shootings crept toward \u2014 and sometimes exceeded \u2014 all-time highs. The sudden upswing reversed decades of progress, and provides a prism for the intersecting crises that characterized 2020,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrace.org\/2020\/12\/shootings-data-philadelphia-cleveland-chicago-gun-violence\/\">The Trace, a gun violence investigative outlet<\/a>, reported in December. \u201cWhile researchers are still picking over the causes, the consequences of the violence are plain: Thousands of communities, families, and parents [were] forced to manage terrible voids \u2014 and saddled with the knowledge that at any moment, more gunfire could tear open new ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, USA Today notes, it\u2019s clear the number of multiple-victim shootings rose in 2020 as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMass shootings\u00a0jumped nearly 50%\u00a0in 2020, due in large part to a pandemic year rife with crippling\u00a0unemployment, violent protests and idle youth,\u201d the paper reported Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA\u00a0USA TODAY analysis of Gun Violence Archive statistics from 2020 shows that mass shootings surged by 47% as many states reported unprecedented increases\u00a0in weapons-related incidents,\u201d the outlet said. \u201cIn 2020, the United States reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2020\/12\/18\/gun-violence-deaths-americans-2020\/3906428001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">611 mass shooting events<\/a> that resulted in 513 deaths and 2,543 injuries. In 2019, there were 417 mass shootings with 465 deaths and 1,707 injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>USA Today\u2019s study did not look at the root causes of the increase in gun violence, but the study\u2019s authors speculate that rampant unemployment and available opportunity led to an increase in both gun and gang activity.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet also suggests, based on interactions with Everytown for Gun Safety, that a record increase in gun sales may have also led to the spike, but there does not appear to be any evidence to suggest legal gun owners contributed to 2020\u2019s gun violence epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>Areas like Chicago, Illinois \u2014 the second worst city for mass shootings in 2020 \u2014 also have strict gun control measures in place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-container\">\n<p>\u201cThe most dramatic increases in mass shootings last year were found in\u00a0states with cities that boast large Black and Latino populations, groups that traditionally are disproportionately impacted by crime and gun violence as well as, more recently, COVID-19 cases and deaths, along with high\u00a0unemployment rates driven\u00a0by the pandemic,\u201d USA Today said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-container\">\n<p>\u201dNew York saw a jump in mass shootings from nine to 38; Illinois, from 41 to 69; Florida, from 15 to 34; Pennsylvania, from 19 to 34; South Carolina, from 10 to 22; and Tennessee, from seven to 19,\u201d according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>It does not appear the gun violence trend is slowing in 2021. In Chicago, <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/crime\/2021\/2\/27\/22304417\/chicago-weekend-shootings-feb-26-march-1-gun-violence-homicide-crime\">the Sun-Times reports<\/a>, there have already been dozens of shootings. This weekend alone, 20 people were shot and four killed between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coronavirus pandemic may have ushered in a mass shooting epidemic according to a new report that marks 2020 as the worst year on record for mass shootings. 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