Louisiana Mass Shooting: Deadliest in US

0:00A horrific, mass shooting just hit Louisiana, where eight children were shot and killed, marking the deadliest such attack in the U.S. over the past two years. Reports say the gunman took out seven of his own kids, with the youngest just one year old, and the state of a, uh, America's got around 500 million privately owned guns, for population of about 341 million people. Roughly 30 percent of folks own at least one firearm, and U.S. households hold nearly half the world's civilian guns. These tragedies hit hard because Americans face 26 times the risk of being shot dead compared to other high-income nations. Every day, about 327 people get shot, with roughly 117 dying, including around 23 minors. Mass shootings keep piling up too, more than 488 in 2024 alone, where four or more get hurt or killed. The first four years of this decade saw over 600 each year, topping out with the Las Vegas horror in 2017 that claimed 50.

1:00Lives. It's a stark reminder of how these events shock us every time, even as they stack up across the news. Stay aware out there. This has been Edinburgh News Today, powered by AI.