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When the White House went to lower the flag to honor the 10 people shot and killed in a Colorado supermarket on March 22, staffers realized that their work was already done: the flags were still lowered from a shooting just a week ago.

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⚪️The number of mass shootings in the US this year has already reached 103 as of March 22, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
⚪️ As of March 23, 81 days have passed in 2021.
⚪️ On average, there have been 1.3 mass shootings every day this year. insider.com/number-of-mass…

❓What is defined as a “mass shooting”❓

The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as a single incident around the same general time and location where four or more people are killed. insider.com/number-of-mass…

There have been more mass shootings in the first quarter of 2021 than in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Here’s a look at the breakdown per year: 👇
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Mass shootings are historically more likely to occur in the later months of the year.

Here is a breakdown: 👇 insider.com/number-of-mass…

According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, more than 9,539 people have already died this year from gun-related violence.

You can see the full list of mass shootings this year by clicking the link below. 👇
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