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Movies re: US MULTI Killings: MASS Shooting in Washington DC -Shooters at Large

Shooting at University of Nevada in Las Vegas - Multiple Victims - Suspect Dead

Double Mass Shootings Over Weekend in Texas, Washington & Latest Today in Las Vegas Set Grim U.S. Record

U.S. Hits Gruesome Mass Killing Milestone

There have been 631 mass shootings so far this year, 38 of which involved four or more deaths, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

MSNBC 6 DEC 2023




Data shows gun ownership in the US has grown over the last several years



With more than three weeks left in the year, 2023 has set a gruesome gun violence record for the U.S.

In less than 90 minutes on Sunday afternoon, two 911 calls led police in Texas and Washington to two mass shootings that pushed the nation to a gruesome milestone.


They were the 37th and 38th shootings this year in which four or more victims were killed, the highest number of mass killings in any year since at least 2006. Last year’s 36 was the previous record.

In Dallas, a 21-year-old man who was supposed to be wearing an ankle monitor because of a previous aggravated assault charge walked into a house and shot five people, killing a toddler and three adults. He fled in a stolen car, police said, but fatally shot himself as highway patrol officers chased him.

In a suburb of Vancouver, Wash., five family members died in what sheriff’s deputies think was a murder-suicide.

The latest deaths brought the 2023 total to 197, not counting the shooters — yet another record. Ninety-one people were wounded in those events but survived.






Police Respond to Active Shooting on University of Nevada Las Vegas Campus -Multiple Victims

Today Police in Las Vegas said they are responding to an active shooter alert at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada.


They said there appeared to be "multiple victims at this time" near the university's Beam Hall building.

The university tweeted at around 11:53 local time (19:53 GMT) that police were responding to reports of shots fired on campus.

Las Vegas police subsequently said the suspect had been found dead.

In a post on social media, the university had initially warned students at Beam Hall to "evacuate to a safe area" and to "RUN-HIDE-FIGHT".

In another post around 20 minutes later, it alerted students to reports of shots near the Student Union building.

White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House was monitoring the situation as law enforcement responded.


Suspect Dead Amid Reports of Multiple Victims in Shooting at University of Nevada, Las Vegas..6 DEC





Dallas Mass Shooting... 4 DEC

Four people were killed, including a 1-year-old boy, in a shooting in Dallas Sunday afternoon. A fifth shooting victim, a 15-year-old girl, was also taken to a hospital in stable condition. Investigators say the gunman, Byron Carrillo knew his victims took his own life after a chase with DPS troopers.






Five Family Members Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in VancouverWashington..4 DEC

5 members of a family were found dead Sunday in an apparent murder-suicide in northeast Vancouver.
Deputies said the deaths appeared to be murder-suicide with a firearm, with the suspect dead along with what appears to be the wife of the suspect, their two adult daughters, and the suspect’s adult brother.






The Solution? - (Partly)





Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich Has A New Idea To Curb Mass Shootings — And Gun Reformers Are Actually Optimistic


Semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines would face broad new restrictions under a proposal unveiled Tuesday by a group of Democratic senators.

The “GOSAFE Act,”introduced by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), aims to limit easy access to high-powered rifles that can fire dozens of rounds with blazing speed. But unlike the long-stalled assault weapons ban, the new bill regulates the internal mechanisms of firearms, leading to a simpler proposed law that reflects a more sophisticated understanding of how firearms work.

Heinrich, an engineer and lifelong gun owner, started crafting the legislative proposal back in 2017, after a gunman sprayed more than 1,000 rounds into the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas, leaving 60 people dead and more than 400 people injured.


He described the law as a practical way of limiting the lethality of the semi-automatic rifles typically used in mass shootings, while respecting the rights of responsible firearm owners.

“As lawmakers, we should be able to draw a line between traditional firearms used for hunting, sport and self-defense, and these weapons of war designed to take human life,”

Under the proposed law, new gas-operated semi-automatic rifles could only be sold if they feature a fixed magazine capable of holding no more than 10 cartridges. People who own existing semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines would be able to keep them, transfer them to family members, or allow the government to buy them back.

The bill would also ban bump stocks, which harness recoil to boost the rate of fire to a level mimicking a fully automatic weapon.









How Many US Mass Shootings Have There Been Up to November 2023?





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