Gun Violence
Balanced Healthy and Focus is firmly dedicated to tackling the complex relationship between mental health and gun violence. Our priority lies in offering assistance and tools to those facing mental health obstacles, with the aim of averting such heartbreaking incidents.
Through the advocacy of mental well-being and timely intervention, we are convinced that our efforts can play a crucial role in thwarting occurrences of gun violence and cultivating a secure atmosphere for all. Let us collaborate in striving towards a future where mental health issues and gun-related violence are decisively separated.
Modern Mass Shootings
1. Route 91 Harvest music festival, Las Vegas, October 2, 2017: 60 killed, more than 850 injured.
2. Pulse, Orlando, Fla., June 2016: 49 killed and 53 injured.
3. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., April 2007: 32 killed and 17 injured on campus.
4. Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Conn., December 2012:
26 killed.5. First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, Texas, November 2017: 26 killed and 20 injured.
6. Luby’s Cafeteria, Killeen, Texas, October 1991: 23 killed.
7. Walmart, El Paso, Texas, August 3, 2019: 23 killed, 26 injured.
8. McDonald’s, San Ysdiro, Calif., July 1984: 21 killed.
9. Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022: 21 killed.
10. Schemengees Bar and Sparetime Recreation,
Lewiston, Maine, October 2023: 18 killed.
