国际英语资讯:Yearender: Americans facing mass shooting milestone in 2019 with no progress in gun control
<p><span word="HOUSTON">HOUSTON</span>/<span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 22-- <span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="approach">approach</span>, <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="grim">grim</span> <span word="milestone">milestone</span> -- <span word="there">there</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="shootings">shootings</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2019 <span word="than">than</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> 404 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="shooting">shooting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Gun">Gun</span> <span word="Violence">Violence</span> <span word="Archive">Archive</span> (<span word="GVA">GVA</span>), <span word="a">a</span> <span word="noNPRofit">noNPRofit</span> <span word="corporation">corporation</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="tracks">tracks</span> <span word="gun">gun</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="collecting">collecting</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="GVA">GVA</span> <span word="defines">defines</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="shooting">shooting</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="shot">shot</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shooter">shooter</span>.</p>
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