After 2 mass shootings in early August left 30 dead in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas in less than 24 hours, the United States had actually formally seen more mass shootings than days in 2019
These catastrophes came simply 3 months after the country grieved the 20 th anniversary of the mass shooting at Colorado’s Columbine High School, which declared the lives of 12 trainees and one instructor in the very first mass attack in an American school.
Given that Columbine, mass shootings have actually ended up being significantly typical in America. It was reported in 2017 that the United States comprises less than 5% of the world’s population however has 31% of the world’s mass shooters
Though mass shootings make up a percentage of the nation’s total weapon violence, they have actually ended up being a target for political leaders and interest groups who look for to avoid the several deaths of individuals typically targeted at random.
Here are 10 of the most talked-about methods that have actually been drifted to stop mass shootings, and how most likely they are to work.