ndi Pat Elder, November 26, 2017
Pamene Congress inavomereza lamulo la National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) pakati pa mwezi wa November, izo adagulitsa malonda za zida zankhondo zogonjetsa anthu.
8,000 .45 ziphuphu za M1911 zidzakhala zogulitsa ku 2018 ndi 10,000 mu 2019. Pambuyo pake, otsala a zida zankhondo za 100,000 zankhondo zowonjezera zikhoza kupezeka kuti zigulitsidwe.Zotsatsa zidzapangidwa kupyolera mu congressionally-chartered Ndondomeko Yachikhalidwe Yachikhalidwekapena CMP.
Pulezidenti Obama adalandira chitamando cha NRA pamene adasaina NDAA zaka ziwiri zapitazo. Muyeso ovomerezeka Asilikali kuti amasulire ku 10,000 ya 100,000 yochuluka 1911s ku CMP pulogalamu yoyendetsa chaka chimodzi. Zikuoneka kuti Obama adatsetsa zidazo pambuyo poti asilikali anatsutsa kugulitsa kwa zida za 100,000 "zosadziŵika", kuwatcha kuti "mfuti zosavomerezeka."
Bungwe la Justice la Obama linafalitsa pepala, zopezedwa ndi Huffington Post, kunena kuti mfuti pamapeto pake zitha kupha zigawenga. DOJ inati, "Asitikali akuda nkhawa ndi kutayika kwa zida pambuyo posamutsira ku CMP; kukulitsa kukula kwa ntchito ya CMP kuphatikiza zipolopolo; komanso mavuto omwe angabwere chifukwa chachitetezo cha anthu chifukwa cha mfuti zambiri zomwe zingaperekedwe kuti anthu agule. ” Asitikali adatchulapo ziwerengero za DOJ zomwe zafufuza pafupifupi 1,800 Colt .45s zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pamilandu chaka chilichonse pazaka khumi zapitazi, kuphatikiza mfuti zingapo zomwe zinali zotsalira zankhondo.
Pulezidenti Watsopano wa asilikali, Mark Thomas Esper, yemwe kale anali wolangizira lobwereza wa Raytheon, akuyenera kulamula mwamsanga kuti mabomba a Anniston, Alabama Army Depot apite ku CMP yomwe ili payekha, yomwe ili ku Anniston. Zida zambiri zakhala zikusungidwa kuyambira 1985 pamene Asilikali adalowetsa M1911 ndi Beretta M9. Kufufuza mwatsatanetsatane kwa anthu ogulitsa mfuti angapo amasonyeza kuti Colt 45 ya mpesa imapezeka kuchokera ku $ 500 kufika pa $ 2,000 imodzi. Pa $ 500 aliyense, CMP ingakhale yaikulu $ 50 miliyoni.
Komiti ya CMP yakhazikitsanso zida zankhondo kuyambira pamene inayamba mu 1903, ngakhale iyi ndi nthawi yoyamba bungwe likuloledwa ndi Congress kuti igulitse zida. CMP inakhazikitsidwa monga bungwe la Congress mu 1903, mosakayikira kuti liphunzitse nzika za Chimereka kuti zikhale chizindikiro. Mu 1996, Congress inakhazikitsanso CMP monga mwini wake, yopanda phinduCorporation ya Kulimbikitsana kwa Mipira ndi Firearm Safety, Inc. Makomiti a CMP ndi ochepa omwe amagulitsa zida zankhondo zomwe zimagulitsa zida zankhondo pamasamba opatsirizidwa kwa anthu.
Pulezidenti Paul Simon (D-IL) adanena kuti CMP ndi "chosamvetsetseka, chosayang'anitsitsa, chodabwitsa kwambiri cha NRA.
Simon adagwirizana ndi New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg akuyesa kuimitsa mfuti ndi zida kuchokera ku Army kupita ku bungwe latsopano. "[CPM ..] idapatsidwa ndalama, zida, ndi zida ku magulu a mfuti, chifukwa cha mphamvu ya NRA," anatero Simon. Asilikali akuyenera kuwononga zida zapadera, Simon anatsutsa.
Mu 1999, zidapezeka kuti CMP idagulitsa mfuti mosasamala kwa 2,000 pafupifupi aliyense. GAO idapeza kuti CMP yalephera kutsatira zomwe ogula sanapezeke ndi mlandu. Sen.
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa CMP yosinthidwa mu 1996 kumadzutsa mafunso okhudza ulamuliro wa Congress kusungitsa maudindo omwe ali aboma mwachilengedwe. CMP ndiyapadera chifukwa imadutsa mzere pakati pa pagulu ndi pagulu. Bungweli litasungunuka, chuma chake chiyenera kuphatikizidwa ndi Chuma cha US. Komabe, CMP idakhazikitsidwa "ngati kampani yaboma, osati dipatimenti, bungwe, kapena chida cha Boma la United States." Zonsezi zidayamba pazifukwa zokayika.
Malingana ndi izo Fomu ya 2014 990, the Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearm Safety, Inc. ili ndi ndalama zokwana $ 222.7 miliyoni ndipo ili ndi $ 166.8 miliyoni pazachitetezo zomwe anthu amagulitsa. Adalandira $ 17.9 miliyoni zankhondo kuchokera ku feduro ku 2014 ndipo walandila pafupifupi $ 100 miliyoni mfuti ndi ammo pazaka 5 kuyambira 2010 mpaka 2014.
CMP ya 990 imati bungwe limaphunzitsa maphunziro kuti awonetsere njira zowonongeka komanso kuonetsetsa kuti chitetezo cha chitetezo, sitimayi ndi kuphunzitsa aphunzitsi a JROTC, amayang'anira zipangizo zamakono zam'sukulu zam'sukulu, "popanda ndalama kwa boma." Bungweli linagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokwana $ 257,000 pazinthu zomwe tatchulazi, zocheperapo malipiro a $ 381,000 omwe analandira ndi Wachiwiri ndi Wotsogolera Wamkulu, Judith A Legerski. Bungweli limagwiritsa ntchito $ 142 pa pulogalamu ya kuwombera kusukulu yapamwamba pachitetezo ndi kuyendera pamene ikuyaka moto pofuna kulola kuipitsa kutsogolera zogwirizanitsidwa ndi miyeso yowotcha.
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Pat Elder akutumikira mu Komiti Yogwirizanitsa ya World Beyond War ndipo ndi amene analemba Kulemba usilikali ku United States.
