5 books that try to help explain the unexplainable: the U.S. gun violence epidemic
The problem of American gun violence is persistent and solutions are hard to come by. But here are 5 books that help put a face to the victims, explain how we got here and how we might get out.
As of May 31, there have already been 233 mass shootings in 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an independent organization that collects data from over 7,500 sources. That includes the massacre at Robb Elementary School last week in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 19 children and two adults and injured many others.
More than 45,000 people in the U.S. were killed by guns in 2020, . That year, firearms became the for American children. On average, gun violence kills nine children
