I-America's Gun Culture: Ukuthatheka, Ukukhulelwa, noma Ukuqalekiswa?

Ngivuke namhlanje ekuseni ngezindaba ezihamba phambili zokunye ukudubula ngezisulu eziningi.

Abantu bathukile (futhi futhi), ngakho-ke sithola induduzo yokuthi lokhu akukakabi izindaba ze- "ho-hum, meh". Kepha le nhlekelele kufanele yenzeke kangaki ngaphambi kokuba sihloniphe izisulu kanye nathi ngokwethu ngokuqeda lesi senzo esibi senhlalo yaseMelika?

Ngathuthela e-United States eminyakeni engama-26 edlule, lapho ngathola khona ithuba lobungcweti. Ngangikuthanda ukuthuthela ezweni elalimele imibono emihle futhi ngaba yisibani sokwamukela izigidi zabantu bokufika. Ngangixwayile futhi ngoba iMelika yayisidume “ngesiko” layo lezibhamu, izikhali nezinhlamvu ezitholakala kalula, kanye nokudubula nokubulala kaningi.

Kwangithusa ukuthi evikini lami lokuqala lapha, kwakudutshulwana esikoleni edolobheni langakithi elisha, futhi ngangizonikeza inkulumo engangihlelwe kusengaphambili ethi “Udlame eMelika.” Ngangizibuza ukuthi ngabe lokhu kumane nje kungukucabanga kobulili noma ukuvumelanisa okuthusayo. Dlulisela phambili njengamanje, futhi uma kukhona, udlame lwezibhamu kuleli lizwe lubi kakhulu. Ayikho enye indawo emhlabeni, ngaphandle kwezindawo zokulwa nezindawo zempi, ingabe kukhona izwe elinamanani ethusa kangaka okulimala nokufa ngenxa yezibhamu.

Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi leli zwe eliyingqayizivele, nenkululeko nempumelelo yalo efiselekayo, okutholakele kulo kwezesayensi, ubuhlakani balo kwezobuciko kanye nezincwadi, umphumela walo omangalisayo nomcebo, izikhungo zalo zemfundo ezimangazayo nenombolo yokurekhoda yamaNobel Laureates, inesibhamu -kubange inani lokufa okungaphezu kokuqhathaniswa namanye amazwe athuthukile?

Izibalo ezilandelayo zivumelekile futhi zingaqinisekiswa, nokho cishe azicabangi: Kwakunabantu abangama-35,000 ababulawa yisibhamu e-U.S. Ngonyaka odlule. AbaseMelika banamathuba aphindwe kalishumi okubulawa ngezibhamu kunabantu abakuwo wonke amanye amazwe athuthukile. Izinga lokubulala elihlobene nezibhamu laseMelika liphindwe izikhathi ezingama-25, futhi izinga lokuzibulala elihlobene nesibhamu liphindwe kasishiyagalombili, kunanoma yisiphi esinye isizwe esinemali eningi. I-U.S. Iphethe uhhafu wazo zonke izibhamu emhlabeni, enamanani wobunikazi bomphakathi ku-stratosphere ngokuqhathaniswa namanye amazwe athuthukile.

Kuyadabukisa ukusho, siyakhumbula, ngokuthuthumela, amagama ezikole okwakuyizigameko zokudutshulwa kwabantu abaningi eminyakeni embalwa edlule: Sandy Hook; UColumbine; EParkland; IVirginia Tech; I-Saugus. . . Kwanele? Ngingabala kalula ezinye eziningi, kepha lokhu kungaba ngumsebenzi obuhlungu kakhulu, ngenhliziyo esindayo kakhulu.

Asifundanga lutho na? Ngiyabuza ngoba emasontweni angama-46 kulo nyaka kuze kube manje, sekuvele kube nezidubedube ezingama-45 ezikoleni kanye nokudutshulwa kwabantu abangama-369 kuleli, konke lokhu kunezindaba zomuntu siqu nezomndeni ezibuhlungu.

Ngakho-ke, angikwazi ukuqonda ngempilo yami, "Kungani lokhu kwenzeka ?!" futhi "Kungani siseMelika kuphela?"

Kungani ...?

• Ingabe izibhamu zitholakala kalula lapha?
• Ngabe osopolitiki bayenyanya yini ukulawula nokulawula ukutholakala / ukufinyeleleka kwezibhamu?
• Ngabe abenzi bomthetho abaningi kangaka basenhlanganweni (nasephaketheni) yeNational Rifle Association (NRA)?
• Ngabe Ukuchitshiyelwa Kwesibili (okuvumela ukuhlonyiswa kwamasosha) kugxile kangaka kwi-psyche yaseMelika? (Noma kunjalo, kungani ungagcini leso Sichibiyelo, kepha engeza imithethonqubo yokuvikela izikhali ekuweleni ezandleni zezingane noma eziphazamisekile engqondweni, ezinobudlova, ezinobandlululo, noma kwabanye abantu abayingozi?)
• Ngabe izikhali ze-semiautomatic noma ze-battlefield zithengwa ngokusobala futhi ziyathengiswa, futhi ziphethwe yizakhamizi zansuku zonke?
• Ngabe kufanele kube khona ukuqeqeshwa okusebenzayo kwezingane ezikoleni zamabanga aphansi, aphakathi naphakathi namakolishi ukuze zivikeleke "kudubula olandelayo" ofikayo? (Lokhu kukhulisa ukwazi okungatheni futhi kuyazivikela kunokwethusa nokwethuka.)
• Ngabe odokotela, odokotela besifo, nabanye ososayensi banqatshelwe ekuqhubekeni nocwaningo oluxhaswe nguhulumeni ngodlame lwezibhamu, yize lokhu kungubhubhane lweqiniso lwezempilo yomphakathi kanye nenhlekelele yezenhlalo?

Njengodokotela wezifo zengqondo, ngingasho ngokuzethemba ukuthi akusikho ukuthi sinesifo esiphakeme sokugula kwengqondo lapha. Manje kungani sinezibhamu nabadubuli abaningi kangaka? Ingabe lokhu kungumkhiqizo weSichibiyelo sethu Sesibili? Umlando wethu weWild West? Ingabe ukukhonza kwethu ngokuzimela? Ukungafuni kwethu ukulawula kukahulumeni nemithethonqubo?

Uma kuyiqiniso ukuthi izibhamu zenza abesilisa (kakhulu kakhulu kunabesifazane) bazizwe bephephile, benamandla amakhulu, noma mhlawumbe bephila ngokwengeziwe, kungani lokhu kusebenza eMelika kuphela? Kungani-ke lokhu kungenzeki emadodeni aseNgilandi, eSweden, eCanada, eJalimane, kwa-Israyeli, eJapane, eChina, eFrance, eNingizimu Afrika, noma e-Australia?

Ngokusobala asikwazi ukuvimbela konke ukudutshulwa, kodwa kukhona ubufakazi obuqinile bokuthi singazinciphisa kakhulu izibalo zalezi zehlakalo ezimbi. Emazweni ethule imithetho eqinile yezibhamu, kube nokwehla okuphawulekayo ekwenzekeni kokubulawa kwabantu ngobuningi nangabantu kanye nezehlakalo zokuzilimaza nodlame lwasekhaya kusetshenziswa izibhamu.

Kepha hhayi eMelika.

"Kuphela eMelika" kwakuvame ukushiwo ngokumangala nangokwesaba. I-United States muva nje iye yaxabana kakhulu nabalingani bayo bangaphambili nezizwe ezinenqubekela phambili ngezizathu eziningi. Ukusetshenziswa kabi kwezikhali okwandile, okungalawuleki lapha kungezinye nje zezinto eziningi ezehlisa isithunzi ezweni lakithi. Le ngxenye edabukisayo yesiko lethu isinciphise kakhulu ubuzwe kanye nozwelo, kanye nesimo sethu sobuholi esake sakhuthaza.

Impela, singcono kunalokhu.

Njengesakhamuzi, ngithola isimo sethu sodlame lwezibhamu singethusi, singacabangi, singenasimilo, siyingozi, singacabangi futhi singacabangi. Kuyaphoxa, kuyaphoxa, kwehlisa isithunzi, futhi kwehlise isithunzi.

Okubaluleke kakhulu, udlame lwethu lwezibhamu oludlangile aludingekile futhi luyavikeleka.