TIME (8/15, Ducharme) reports that one-third of U.S. adults “are so stressed by the prospect of mass shootings that they avoid visiting certain places or attending certain events, according to a new survey from the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Harris Poll.” The survey, “released shortly after a pair of mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas left 31 people dead in the course of one weekend, found that an overwhelming majority of American adults – 79% – experience some amount of stress related to mass shootings. A third of the 2,000 respondents said that fear was so great they avoid going to certain places or events, and almost a quarter said they’ve changed their lives due to fear of mass shootings.”
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— “A Third of Americans Avoid Certain Places Because They Fear Mass Shootings, “JAMIE DUCHARME, TIME, August 15, 2019