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U.S. marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 12 mass shootings

Since the Uvalde, Tex., elementary school tragedy, there have been at least 15 other shootings that had at least four victims

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Updated May 31, 2022 at 3:43 a.m. EDT|Published May 30, 2022 at 9:43 a.m. EDT
Kountry Queens food truck owner Tiffany Walton at the scene of a shooting at a Memorial Day event that left one dead and seven injured in Taft, Okla., on May 29. (Ian Maule/AP)
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After a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers last week, many politicians, public figures and gun-control advocates said the U.S. government should ensure mass shootings could not happen again.

But mass shootings have already happened again — and again. At least 15 mass shootings have taken place across the United States since Tuesday, from California to Arizona to Tennessee.