Saturday night's mass shooting in Philadelphia — added to the recent carnage in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas, Ames, Iowa, and Chattanooga, Tennessee — has renewed desperate pleas for commonsense gun safety measures.
Three people were killed and 11 injured as multiple gunmen fired into a crowd on South Street, a popular nightlife destination with strong roots in Philadelphia's Black history.
The 232 mass shootings across the country this year deserve the attention they are receiving. However, let's also keep in mind that suicides account for most gun deaths, and the daily violence in America doesn't always include fatalities. Ninety-four people were shot in Philadelphia in just the last 10 days. For many of them, their lives are forever changed.
