Regarding James Alan Fox’s May 13 op-ed, “The illusion of the mass shooting ‘epidemic’”:
While it’s true that mass shootings are declining, Fox’s recent opinion piece ought to be a reminder that signs of progress are not the same thing as a finished job.
Yes, mass shootings with four or more deaths account for just 1 percent of annual gun violence in the United States, and, yes, it’s encouraging that there have only been four such tragedies this year as of May 10 compared with 11 by this time last year. This decline is not a happy accident: It’s the direct result of over a decade of tireless advocacy leading to historic progress, such as the landmark Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022, and improvements to state laws across the nation. These reforms have contributed to what was likely the sharpest single-year homicide decrease in our recorded history.
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