Inkcubeko yeGun yaseMelika: Ukuthatheka, ukukhulelwa, okanye isiqalekiso?

Ndivuke kusasa namhlanje ngeendaba ezaphukileyo zokunye ukudubula ngamaxhoba amaninzi.

Abantu bothukile (kwakhona), ke siyathuthuzeleka ukuba noko oku akukabi ziindaba ze “ho-hum, meh”. Kodwa le ntlekele kufuneka yenzeke kangaphi ngaphambi kokuba sibahloniphe amaxhoba kunye nathi ngokuphelisa le ntiyo yaseMelika?

Ndafudukela e-United States kwiminyaka engama-26 eyadlulayo, apho ndaye ndanikwa ithuba lobungcali. Ndandinomdla wokufudukela kwilizwe elalimele umbono kwaye ndisisibane sokwamkela kwizigidi zabaphambukeli. Kwakhona ndandilumka kuba iMelika yayisaziwa ngokuba “nemipu,” nezixhobo neembumbulu, kunye nokudutyulwa nokubulawa kwabantu rhoqo.

Kwakungothusanga ukuba kwiveki yam yokuqala ndilapha, bekukho udubulo lwesikolo kwidolophu yam entsha, kwaye bendiza kunikela intetho kwangaphambili malunga "noGonyamelo eMelika." Ndazibuza ukuba ingaba le yinto nje yobungqingili okanye oyikisayo. Gqithisela phambili ngoku, kwaye ukuba kukho nantoni na, ubundlobongela bemipu kweli lizwe bumbi nangakumbi. Ayikho enye indawo emhlabeni, ngaphandle kweendawo zemfazwe kunye nemimandla yemfazwe, ngaba likho ilizwe elinamanani othusayo okonzakala kunye nokufa ngenxa yemipu.

Kungenzeka njani ukuba eli lizwe linye, nenkululeko kunye nempumelelo yalo, ukufumanisa kwalo kwisayensi, ubuchule balo kwezobugcisa kunye neeleta, iziphumo zalo ezibalaseleyo kunye nobutyebi, amaziko alo emfundo abalulekileyo kunye nenombolo yokurekhoda yeNobel Laureates, inompu -Ubangele inqanaba lokufa lingaphaya kokuthelekiswa namanye amazwe aphucukileyo?

Ezi nkcukacha-manani zilandelayo zisemthethweni kwaye ziyangqinwa, kodwa phantse ingacingeki: Kwakukho abantu abangama-35,000 ababulawa yimipu eMelika kunyaka ophelileyo. Abantu baseMelika banamathuba aphindwe kalishumi okubulawa ngemipu kunabantu abakwamanye amazwe ahambele phambili. Izinga lokubulala elinxulumene nompu laseMelika liphindwe ngamashumi amabini anesihlanu, kwaye inqanaba lokuzibulala elinxulumene nompu liphindwe kasi-8 ngaphezulu, kunalo naliphi na ilizwe elinengeniso ephezulu. I-US ingumnini wesiqingatha sayo yonke imipu emhlabeni, kunye nenqanaba lobunini loluntu kwi-stratosphere ngokuthelekiswa namanye amazwe aphuhlileyo.

Kulusizi ukuthi, siyakhumbula, ngokugubha, amagama ezikolo ezazingumboniso wokudutyulwa kwabantu abaninzi kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo: ISandy Hook; UColumbine; IParkland; IVirginia Tech; Saugus. . . Ngaba kwanele? Ndingadwelisa ngokulula ezinye, kodwa lo iya kuba ngumsebenzi obuhlungu kakhulu, ngentliziyo enzima kakhulu.

Ngaba akukho nto siyifundileyo? Ndiyabuza kuba kwiiveki ezingama-46 kulo nyaka ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, sele kudubuleke abantu abangama-45 ezikolweni kunye nama-369 zokudutyulwa kwabantu kweli lizwe, zonke zinamabali abuhlungu obuqu kunye nawosapho.

Ke, andikwazi ukuqonda ngobomi bam, Kutheni kusenzeka nje oku ?! kwaye "Kutheni eMelika kuphela?"

Ngoba...?

• Ngaba imipu ifumaneka ngokulula apha?
• Ngaba abezopolitiko bayathandabuza ukulawula nokulawula ukubakho / ukufikeleleka kwemipu?
• Ngaba baninzi abenzi bomthetho kwi-sway (kunye nepokotho) yeNational Rifle Association (NRA)?
• Ngaba ulungiso lwesiBini (lwenza ukuba umkhosi wamajoni) uzinze kwi-psyche yaseMelika? (Nangona kunjalo, kutheni ungawugcini uhlengahlengiso, kodwa yongeza imigaqo ukuthintela izixhobo ekuweleni ezandleni zabantwana okanye eziphazamisekileyo ngengqondo, ezinobundlobongela, zobuhlanga, okanye abanye abantu abayingozi?)
• Ngaba izixhobo zemiautomatic okanye zemfazwe ziyathengwa ekuhleni kwaye ziyathengiswa, kwaye ziphethwe ngabemi bemihla ngemihla?
• Ngaba kufuneka kubekho uqeqesho olusebenzayo lwabantwana kumabanga aphantsi, aphakathi, nakwizikolo eziphakamileyo nakwiikholeji zokukhusela "kutoli olandelayo" ofikayo? (Oku kuncinci ukukhulisa ulwazi kunye nokukhuseleka kunokuba kuyothusa kwaye kunkwantya.)
• Ngaba oogqirha, oogqirha besifo, kunye nezinye izazinzulu azivunyelwanga ekuqhubekeni nophando oluxhaswa ngemali yimali malunga nobundlobongela bemipu, nangona esi sisibetho sokwenyani sempilo yoluntu kunye nentlekele?

Njengogqirha wezifo zengqondo, ndingatsho ngokuzithemba ukuba ayisiyiyo yokuba sinesifo esiphakamileyo sokugula kwengqondo apha. Ke kutheni sinemipu emininzi kunye nabadubuli? Ngaba le yimveliso yoLungiso lwesiBini? Imbali yethu yaseWest West? Ngaba kukunqula kwethu umntu ngamnye? Ukungathandi kwethu kulawulo lukarhulumente kunye nemimiselo?

Ukuba kuyinyani ukuba imipu yenza ukuba amadoda (ubukhulu becala kunabafazi) azive ekhuselekile, enamandla ngakumbi, okanye mhlawumbi enobungozi ngakumbi, kutheni oku kusebenza eMelika kuphela? Kutheni, ke, oku kungenjalo kumadoda aseNgilani, eSweden, eCanada, eJamani, kwa-Israyeli, eJapan, e-China, e-France, e-Mzantsi Afrika, okanye e-Australia?

Ngokucacileyo asinakukuthintela konke ukudubula, kodwa kukho ubungqina obomeleleyo bokuba sinokuwanciphisa ngokuqatha amanani ezi zehlo zibi. Kumazwe athe angenisa imimiselo engqongqo yemipu, kuye kwakho ukwehla okukhulu kwimeko yokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi kunye neziganeko zokuzenzakalisa kunye nobundlobongela basekhaya kusetyenziswa imipu.

Kodwa hayi eMelika.

"Kuphela eMelika" kwakudla ngokuthethwa ngokumangaliswa kunye noloyiko. I-United States kutshanje iye yanda kakhulu ukungqubana nabadibaniselwano bangaphambili kunye namazwe aqhubela phambili ngezizathu ezininzi. Ukuxhaphaka okungalawulekiyo kwezixhobo apha yenye yezinto ezininzi ezithoba isidima kwilizwe lethu kutshanje. Le nxalenye ilusizi yenkcubeko yethu iyinciphisile intlalo yethu kunye nemfesane, kunye nenqanaba lethu lobunkokeli obukhuthazayo.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, silunge ngakumbi kunale.

Njengommi, ndifumanisa ukuba imeko yethu yobundlobongela yemipu iyothusa, ayinakucingelwa, iziphethe kakubi, iyingozi, ayinakuqondakala, kwaye ayinakucingelwa. Ikwahlazo, ihlazo, ithob 'isidima, nehlazo.

Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, ubundlobongela bemipu buxhaphakile abufuneki kwaye bunokuthintelwa.