On Friday, mass shootings were recorded in Savannah, Georgia (one death, seven injuries); Winston Salem, North Carolina (one killed, three injured); Dallas, Texas (five wounded) and; Seattle, Washington (two deaths, two injuries).
What they're saying: James Alan Fox, a criminologist and professor at Northeastern University, told AP there had been a "worrisome ... blend of people beginning to get out and about in public" as pandemic restrictions lift.
"We have lots of divisiveness," he said. "And we have more guns and warm weather. It's a potentially deadly mix."
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