On Monday, a gunman opened fire at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing six people and leaving at least 24 others injured.
Police said they arrested a 22-year-old person of interest at roughly 6:30 p.m. local time after a two-hour manhunt in the northern Chicago area.
The US has had 314 mass shootings so far in 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit that tracks shootings in the US.
As shootings like these continue in the US, so do questions about gun control. Americans who fear their town or city could be the site of the next attack wonder what strategies the US could take to reduce gun violence.
No country has the same political structure or history with firearms as the US, but several have taken steps that have worked for them. Here are some insights from other nations into how gun violence could be reduced: Read more »
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