kuchokera democracynow.org, February 21, 2018. Gawo 1.
Ophunzira ambiri omwe anapulumuka kusukulu sabata yatha kuwombera ku Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School ku Florida afika ku Tallahassee kukamenyana ndi mfuti zatsopano. Lachiwiri, dziko la Florida of Representatives lomwe linayang'aniridwa ndi Republican linaletsa pempho loletsa kubwezeretsa mfuti ku boma. Msilikali wa ku Florida, wazaka za 19 wazaka zoyamba dzina lake Nikolas Cruz, anali m'gulu la asilikali a Junior Reserve Officer Corps, ndipo anali mbali ya anthu anayi JROTC gulu lachimake ku sukulu yomwe idalandira $ 10,000 pothandizira kuchokera ku NRA. Kuwonjezera apo, timalankhula ndi Pat Elder, mkulu wa National Coalition kutetezera Wophunzira Wosungulumwa, bungwe lomwe limagonjetsa usilikali m'masukulu. Iye ndi mlembi wa "Kulembera Zachimuna ku United States."
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AMY GOODMAN: "Moonshiner" ndi Bob Dylan, woimba ndi Bob Dylan wamng'ono kwambiri, okalamba, chinachake cha 17 sichidzakhala ndi mwayi wochita, kukulira ku Florida. Izi ndizo Demokarase Tsopano! Ndine Amy Goodman.
Ophunzira ambiri omwe anapulumuka sukulu yapamwamba sabata lapitalo ku Florida afika ku Tallahassee kukamenyana ndi mfuti yatsopano, pamapeto pa sabata yatha kuwombera ku Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Anthu sevente anaphedwa. Ophunzirawo akugwirizanitsa lero kunja kwa Florida Statehouse, tsiku lokha lomwe dziko la Florida la Oimira Malamulo la Republican lomwe lidayang'aniridwa ndi Republican linaletsa pempho loletsa kuletsa kugulitsa mfuti ku boma.
Pamene kuwombera kwa Florida kwachititsa mpikisano wa dziko pa mfuti ndi mphamvu yokakamiza ya National Rifle Association, NRA, zochepa zakhala zikuperekedwa kwa mbali ina ya kuwombera. Msilikali wa ku Florida, Nikolas Cruz wazaka za 19, anali m'gulu la asilikali a Junior Reserve Officer Corps, asanathamangitsidwe kusukuluyo. Iye anali atavala zake JROTC shirt pamene adachita kupha anthu, pofuna kuyesana ndi ophunzira ena. Cruz nayenso anali gawo la munthu wachinayi JROTC gulu lachimake ku sukulu yomwe idalandira $ 10,000 pothandizira kuchokera ku NRA. Miyezi khumi ndi isanu ndi iwiri yapitayo, sukuluyi inatumiza mawu akuti "MSD" -Marjory Stoneman Douglas- "JROTC Marksmanship team ikuthokoza NRA chifukwa chopereka ndalama pafupifupi $ 10,000 kuti apitirize kukonzanso katunduyo! "Malinga ndi bungwe la Associated Press, Cruz ndi ena a m'gululi anagwiritsa ntchito mfuti zapamwamba zopangira kuwombera, makamaka m'magulu a m'nyumba . Mmodzi wa anzake a m'kalasi ya Cruz adanena kuti, "Anali kuwombera bwino kwambiri."
Pakalipano, ankhondo adapatsa a Medals of Heroism kwa atatu aang'ono ROTC cadets omwe anafera ku Parkland, ku Florida, akuwombera: Peter Wang wazaka 15 ndi awiri omwe ali atsopano a 14, Martin Duque ndi Alaina Petty. Wang akuti anamwalira ali ndi chitseko chotsegulira kuti athandize anzako akusukulu kuthawa.
Tilimbikitsidwa tsopano ndi Pat Elder, mkulu wa bungwe la National Coalition kuti ateteze Kusungulumwa kwa Ophunzira, bungwe lomwe limagwirizana ndi milandu ku sukulu, wolemba Kulemba usilikali ku United States.
Kodi mungayankhe pa zomwe zikuchitika-zomwe zinachitika kusukulu, zomwe si zachilendo, ndi chiyani JROTC ndi?
PAT ELDER: Chabwino, chifukwa chokhala nane, Amy.
The JROTC Pulogalamuyi ndi ndondomeko yothandizira usilikali yomwe ili ndi masukulu oposa 3,000. Mwa iwo, sukulu zopambana za 1,600 zimagwira nawo ntchito zolemba zizindikiro padziko lonse lapansi. Kotero ife tiri ndi mitsinje ya kuwombera ku sukulu zapamwamba mu dziko lirilonse. Amawotcha mfuti .177 mfuti. Atsogoleredwa ndi CO2. Pulojekiti yoyendetsa imayenda pa 600 mapazi pamphindi. Poyerekeza, mfuti ya .22 ikuyenda pakati pa 800 ndi 900 mapazi pamphindi. Kotero, ndi chida chopha, chogawidwa ndi ankhondo. Ndipo malamulo a boma la Florida amaletsa makamaka kunyamula zida izi, zida zakuphazi, kusukulu.
AMY GOODMAN: Kotero, muli ndi Nikolas Cruz, munthu wodula mfuti. Iye ndi gawo la ROTC pulogalamu, yothandizidwa ndi NRA, kusukuluyi, ngakhale kuti sukulu ili ndi zodandaula za kuzunzika ndi kuzunzidwa, ndipo pomalizira pake zimamuthamangitsa. Kodi inu_iye akuvala a JROTC T-shirt pamene amatsegula moto kwa anzake a m'kalasi.
PAT ELDER: Mwachiwonekere, iye adafuna kuwonetsa dziko kuti ali wogwirizana ndi JROTC pulogalamu. Amy, ndizochita zamwano. Tili ndi asilikali a United States ndi nthambi zitatu m'masukulu apamwamba akuika zida zoopsa m'manja mwa 13-ndi zaka za 14. Ndi nthawi yomwe imasiya. Ndipo pulogalamuyi imakhala ndi ana oposa 575,000 m'mayiko onse, ndipo imaphunzitsa maganizo olakwika, owopsya, okhudza mbiri ya America. Mwachitsanzo, boma la United States linali ndi ngalawa yopanda chilema yomwe imachokera ku Gulf of Tonkin, ndipo North Vietnam inathamanga kwambiri. Tinawathandiza anthu a ku Cuban kuti adzigonjetse chifukwa chakuti a Spanish sanawachitire zabwino. Ndikuganiza kuti mumapeza lingaliro. Sitikungonena za kuika zida m'manja mwa ana a zaka za 13. Tikulankhulanso za kachitidwe kamene amawasungira ana awa ndi mabuku. Mwachitsanzo, buku lachikhalidwe limene limagwiritsidwa ntchito JROTC mapulogalamu kudutsa m'dzikoli ali ndi chigawo cha chikhalidwe cha United States chomwe chili ndi mutu wakuti "Inu Anthu." Ndinaphunzira monga "Ife Anthu." Sichoncho?
AMY GOODMAN: Kotero ndi kugwirizana kotani pakati pa NRA ndi izi JROTC mapulogalamu, osachepera kusukulu ku Florida?
PAT ELDER: Chabwino, a NRA kawirikawiri sapereka ndalama. Amapereka zipangizo ndi zipangizo. Mwanjira imeneyo, iwo akhoza kugula zipangizo ndi zopereka kuchokera kwa othandizira awo. Padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka mu Rust Belt ndi masukulu osauka a m'midzi, sukulu zaumwini zimafuna kukhazikitsa mapepala a kuwombera m'masukulu awo, ndipo amafunikira zipangizo. Amasowa nsana, amadziwa zofuna zawo, amafunikira mfuti, amafunikira makapu a CO2, ndipo amafunikira mapepala oyendetsa. Kotero, a NRA adzawathandiza masukuluwa kudzera mu ndondomeko ya malipiro, ndipo amathera ndalama kusukulu pogwiritsa ntchito ndalamazi kudera lonselo.
Tiyeneranso kukumbukira kuti izi ndizotsogolera projectiles. Mtsogoleli amasonkhanitsa pamapeto a mfuti, pansi, ndipo kutsogolo kumafika pamalopo. Pakhala pali mgwirizano pakati pa kutsogolera mitsinje, yomwe ili ndi mfuti izi, ndipo magazi okwera amatsogolera. Ndi chinthu chomwe chiyenera kukambidwa. Ndipo pali mbali ya thanzi la JROTC kuwombera ku United States.
AMY GOODMAN: Chabwino, Pat Elder, ndikufuna ndikuthokozeni chifukwa muli ndi ife. Tikupitiriza kukambirana kwathu ndikulemba pa intaneti pa democracynow.org pansi pa intaneti. Pat Elder, mkulu wa National Coalition kutetezera Ubwino Wophunzira, bungwe lomwe limagwirizana ndi milandu ku sukulu, wolemba Kulemba usilikali ku United States.
izi ndi Demokarase Tsopano! Ndine Amy Goodman. Zikomo chifukwa cholowa nafe. Ngati mukufuna kupita Part 2 pa zokambirana zathu ndi Pat Elder, mukhoza kupita ku democracynow.org.
