Today is the 241st day of 2023. The US has seen more mass shootings than days thus far this year.
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00:00 gunfire erupted at the Southern restaurant and lounge in Louisville,
00:04 Kentucky early Sunday morning. Enough is enough. We can and we must do more.
00:11 Police say at least two adult males were killed in the shooting while five
00:15 others were hospitalized. This is among the nearly 500 mass shootings in the U.
00:20 S. In 2023, according to the gun violence archive, both CNN and the G.
00:25 V. A. Define a mass shooting as an incident where at least four people are
00:29 killed or injured, not including the shooter. Too many families are having
00:35 to bury their loved ones. Too many Children are being left without mothers
00:41 and fathers lost the census gun violence. The G. V. A. Says the U. S.
00:46 Has had more mass shootings this year since at least 2013, which is when the
00:51 nonprofit group started tracking gun violence. We need more stringent
00:56 background checks. There are plenty of plethora of things we can do to tighten
01:02 our laws. Data from the G. V. A. Also shows more than 20 mass shootings have
01:07 erupted in the U. S. During the week that ended August 27th. We have a
01:12 violent gun problem in our country. We know that more than 50% of U. S. Adults
01:16 say they or a family member experienced a gun related incident in their lives.
01:21 According to a survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation earlier this year, I'm
01:26 john Lawrence reporting