How to stop shootings in America: 10 strategies proposed to stop gun violence, and how likely they are to work

The US makes up less than 5% of the world's population but has 31% of the world's mass shooters.

Lawmakers and interest groups are often at odds on policies to curb mass shootings, suggesting strategies varying from increased mental health evaluations to arming teachers.

Two mass shootings in less than a day, in El Paso and Dayton, have placed a renewed spotlight on the problem of gun violence, and have people asking how can we stop them？

After two mass shootings in early August left at least 29 dead in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas in less than 24 hours, the US had officially seen more mass shootings than days in 2019.

These tragedies came just three months after the nation mourned the 20th anniversary of the mass shooting at Colorado's Columbine High School, which claimed the lives of 12 students and one teacher in the first mass attack in an American school.

Since Columbine, mass shootings have become increasingly common in America. It was reported in 2017 that the US makes up less than 5% of the world's population but has 31% of the world's mass shooters.

Though mass shootings comprise a small amount of the country's overall gun violence, they have become a target for politicians and interest groups who seek to prevent the multiple deaths of people often targeted at random.

Here are 10 of the most talked-about strategies that have been floated to stop mass shootings, and how likely they are to work.