The US sets a grim milestone with a new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

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The US sets a grim milestone with a new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
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From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. The death toll rose just about every week.

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I haven't heard of most of these incidents? Are these from street gangs shooting each other and bystanders or are they what typically dominates the news in the US like Sandy Hook? I feel like if it was the latter these would have had coverage.

They did have coverage, but people don't have the energy to care any more because it just keeps happening

What coverage? A local news site covers, maybe a small article in a national news site so they can get clicks saying a mass shooting happened. But it drops off the radar almost immediately precisely because it isn't a mass shooting. Uvalde had coverage for days and the typical gun politics debate in the national politics with speculation on whether or not it would impact elections in Texas. None of these other incidents that are being counted remotely have that kind of focus because they aren't the same kind of phenomena and not because of a lack of energy.