Washington, DC — There’s been a rash of mass shootings nationwide lately, including last week in Des Moines where two teenagers were killed and an adult was wounded in what police say was a gang-related incident.
Five shooting rampages in Iowa, California, and Washington left 24 people dead in less than a week. Iowa US Senator Chuck Grassley calls the slayings tragic.
On Tuesday, police say a man carrying an AR-15-style rifle and 13 full clips of ammunition walked into an Omaha Target store and started firing. Law officers responded quickly, shot and killed the suspect, and miraculously, no one else was even injured.
Grassley was asked if he sees any possible solutions coming at the federal level that could curb the killings.
Grassley says significant efforts are being made to prevent people who might be a threat from getting a firearm, at least legally.
There were six homicides in Des Moines during January, all six involved guns.
