"yes, you're right. Surprised? Stunning, rightCnnI can't believe it. It's a map of a massive shooting in the united states over the past month。
From the shooting of eight people in three massage centres in atlanta on 16 march to the shooting of nine people in a federal courier centre in indiana on 15 april, there were as many as 45 incidents。
In a rough look, the crime took place in schools, apartment buildings, highways, parking lots, convenience stores, gas stations and parks, where children who had just walked were injured。
United states president biden said that it was “demeaning to the nation”, but the media found a “blind spot”: “the mass shootings suggest that the united states may be `returning to normal life'” and “in the case of the gun and the new coronary outbreak, freedom is higher than life”。
"it's normal to do something so cruel in america every day."
Media outlets such as cnn and abc news reported on 16 april that on the night of the 15th of local time, a tragic incident had occurred at a fedex centre in indianapolis, indiana, united states, where a 19-year-old man committed suicide after shooting eight people。
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The new york times has a headline on gun violence in america
Bidenfat stated that “from last night until early morning, the families of indianapolis had to wait again for information on the fate of their loved ones”
“how cruel is this waiting and fate, but it is `too normal' to repeat it every day somewhere in our country.”
At a press conference on friday afternoon, biden also described the continuing mass shootings as “disguising the nation” and “must end”. However, he rejected the challenge of the government giving priority to infrastructure rather than promoting firearms control and instead called on congress to take action。
He justified himself by saying, “this does not mean that i cannot deal with economic and epidemic problems simultaneously.”
It is worth noting, however, that this is at least the 45th mass shooting in the united states since 16 march。
Schools, apartments, convenience stores... There could be shooting anywhere. Case
At least 45 large-scale shootings have occurred in the united states since the shooting of eight people in three massage centres in atlanta on 16 march, as reported by cnn, an analysis of data from the gun violence archives (gva) website, local media and police reports。
The criteria for cnn and gva are that four or more persons were shot, injured or killed (excluding gunmen), which is a mass shooting incident. The crime occurred in various places, including schools, apartment buildings, highways, parking lots, convenience stores, gas stations and parks, and affected children who had just walked。
Gva data also indicate that at least 147 large-scale shootings occurred in the united states in 2021。
Data are also available from the united states federal bureau of investigation (fbi) and the united states centers for disease control and prevention, which accounted for 73 per cent of all homicides in the united states in 2019. In recent years, for example, in 2019, more americans died of firearms than from car accidents。
Almost 40,000 americans die each year from gun violence, nearly two thirds of them usually by suicide, which accounts for 35 per cent of gun deaths. On average, the united states has 120. 5 guns per 100 inhabitants, more than twice as many as yemen, the second. In 2020, the united states sold nearly 23 million guns, a record high。
In this context, a national poll released this week by the university of quinnipiac in the united states indicated that 89 per cent of americans supported a background check of gun buyers and 51 per cent supported a ban on offensive weapons。
Nevertheless, there have been repeated delays in the adoption of firearms control measures by the united states congress。
“the mass shootings indicate that the united states may have `returned to normal life'”
A week ago, biden announced a series of firearms-related executive orders, which were assessed by abc as “limited operations”。
He then admitted that “firearm violence is (and) an epidemic in the united states, which makes the united states an international embarrassment”
He added: “the parliamentarians, again, provided ideas and prayed, but they did not adopt any new federal law to reduce gun violence.” “enough to pray, it is time to act.”
However, republicans in the senate remain opposed to conducting background checks on private arms sales。
Indeed, even britain's bbc shows that the united states congress has little interest in “through comprehensive firearms control reform”。
On the one hand, cnn asserts that “the protection of the rights of individuals against government encroachment is at the heart of the united states as distinct from the rest of the world”; on the other hand, it recognizes that “in today's interconnected world, where weapons are easy to manufacture and diseases are easy to spread, the cost of protecting `freedom' is increasing”
However, “in the case of firearms and the new coronary outbreak, freedom is superior to life”. Americans have always believed that the “war on freedom” is taking place abroad, but the longest war in the united states is not in afghanistan, but inside the country。
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Those american gun battles, more deadly than any military conflict, are raging in american cities, suburbs, schools, offices, churches and shops. And every day people die for “freedom” on the “front”。
Even then, cnn assessed in march that “the mass shootings indicate that the united states may have `returned to normal life'”
“for a year, americans have said that they want to return to normal life. Tragically, their aspirations are being fulfilled.”
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In the united states today, everything seems to be a partisan political struggle。
According to the american press, biden was more than half “incapacitated” in the gun war, as the second amendment to the united states constitution allowed americans easy access to guns. Maintaining the second amendment at all costs is already in the minds of republicans, and even most democrats are reluctant to address the root causes of gun violence。
Friday, biden ordered the white house to drop half its flag. This was the third time since he had been president for less than three months that he had dropped half his flag for a large-scale shooting。
