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One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting – study

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81% Informative

Study: 7% of US adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting in their lifetime.

Since 2014 , there have been nearly 5,000 mass shootings documented nationwide, with more than 500 occurring annually since 2020 , according to the Gun Violence Archive .

More than 2% of respondents said they had been injured during one.

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85

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84

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74

Article tone

informal

Language

English

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62

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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