Since the start of 2023 there have been seven mass shootings in the state of California. Resulting from the shootings there have been 31 deaths and 22 injuries. This has had a huge impact on California residents. Advocates say it has put a sense of fear in them, more so for the the ones who see themselves in the victims that were targeted.

     “Mass shootings make up about 3% of all California homicides…California has experienced a mass shooting every seven to ten days each year,” said Heather Haris a criminal Justice writer in California. 

     The state of California hopes and prays that this will stop and they can go back to being peaceful.