ndi Sarah Lazaro, Mu Nthawi Zino, June 4, 2022
Poyankha Meyi 24 Kuwombera kwakukulu ku Robb Elementary School ku Uvalde, Texas, komwe kunachoka 19 Ana ndi akulu awiri atamwalira, Purezidenti Biden adapempha kuti awerengere.ku"Monga fuko, tiyenera kufunsa,'Ndi liti m’dzina la Mulungu tidzaimirira pamalo ofikira mfuti?” adatero Lachiwiri.ku"Kodi ndi liti pamene m’dzina la Mulungu timachita zimene tonse tikudziwa kuti m’matumbo athu tiyenera kuchita?”
Komabe, kuyitanidwa kwake kukukhudzana ndi gawo la US pakugula zida zapadziko lonse lapansi. Asitikali omwe Biden amayang'anira amadalira zida zankhondo zomwe zimagwirizana ndi mafakitale amfuti zapanyumba ndipo, nthawi zina, mafakitalewa ndi amodzi - zomwe zimawonetsedwa mochititsa mantha ku Uvalde.
Daniel Defense Inc. ndi kampani yaku Georgia yomwe idapanga DDM4 Mfuti yomwe Salvador Ramos amagwiritsa ntchito powombera anthu ambiri ku Robb Elementary. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, kampaniyo inapanga mgwirizano wa $9.1 miliyoni ndi Pentagon. The zambiri inalengezedwa March 23 za kupanga 11.5"Ndi 14.5"Migolo yoziziritsa ya nyundo ya Gulu Lapamwamba Lolandila - Yakonzedwa." Izi zikutanthauza mipiringidzo zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mfuti. Cholandira chapamwamba ndi chomwe chili ndi bolt, pomwe cartridge yamfuti imakhala.
Kampaniyo yalandira zoposa 100 makontrakitala a feduro, komanso ngongole zingapo, kufufuza kudzera mu a boma ndalama tracker ziwonetsero. Monga New York Times adatchulidwa mulole 26, izi zikuphatikiza ngongole ya Paycheck Protection Program yanthawi ya mliri $3.1 miliyoni. Makontrakitala ayamba kale 2008, pamene boma la ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito ndalama linapangidwa, ndipo zambiri zinapangidwa ndi Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo, koma ena ndi Dipatimenti Yachilungamo (US Marshall Service), Homeland Security, State, ndi Interior.
Daniel Defense amadzinyadira kupanga mfuti zowombera, kuphatikiza zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu wamba. Kampaniyo akuitana palokha "Chimodzi mwazinthu zodziwika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi zamfuti, zopangidwa ndi zida zapamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi za AR.15-mfuti, mfuti, mfuti za bolt-action, ndi zida za anthu wamba, olimbikitsa malamulo, ndi makasitomala ankhondo."
Izi ndi ndendende zida zankhondo zomwe a Democrats akuda nkhawa ndi kuchuluka kwa mfuti zowononga akuti akufuna kuwongolera.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) posachedwa anapereka kuwala kobiriwira kwa a Democrats kuti akakamize kuti pakhale lamulo lamfuti la anthu awiri pambuyo pa tchuthi cha Tsiku la Chikumbutso, atadzudzula chipani cha Republican Lachitatu chifukwa cha chisankho chake."kulemekeza NRA. "
Koma mayankho operekedwa ndi andale a demokalase amakonda kuyang'ana ogula - cheke chakumbuyo, mindandanda yosagula ndi kuchuluka kwa zilango zaupandu - m'malo mwa opanga zida zankhondo, ngakhale kuti ndi makampani opanga mfuti omwe ali ndi mphamvu, akupanga zida zakupha ndi zida zankhondo. akupindula ndi malonda awo.
Poganizira zakuwombera ku Texas, anthu ena odana ndi nkhondo akufunsa ngati kulowerera kwa boma la US ndi makampani opanga zida zapadziko lonse lapansi kumakhudza kufunitsitsa kwa ndale kutsatira opanga nyumba.
Monga Erik Sperling, wamkulu wa Just Foreign Policy, bungwe lolimbana ndi nkhondo, adanenera Mu Nthawi Zino,"Nkovuta kulingalira mmene munthu angachepetsere mphamvu zandale zamakampani opanga mfuti kwinaku akusunga mfundo zakunja zomwe zimalimbikitsa phindu ndi mphamvu zawo.”
United States ndiyomwe ili ndi zida zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndi onse asanu apamwamba makampani opanga zida zapadziko lonse okhala mdzikolo, ndipo makampaniwa amadzitamandira a gulu laling'ono a lobbyists ku Washington.
"Makampani opanga mfuti ndi makontrakitala akulu ngati Lockheed Martin omwe amalamulira malonda apadziko lonse ndi osiyana pang'ono," akufotokoza mnzake wina wofufuza wamkulu ku Quincy Institute William Hartung. Koma, monga momwe zilili ndi Daniel Defense, makampani ena amachita bizinesi padziko lonse lapansi komanso kunyumba.
Ndipo pali zizindikiro zoti asitikali aku US adalira kwambiri zida zankhondo, m'mbuyomu, adachitapo kanthu polimbana ndi zomwe zimayang'ana makampani amfuti apanyumba. Mu 2005, Congress yolamulidwa ndi Republican idapereka chigonjetso chachikulu kumakampani amfuti pomwe idadutsa Chitetezo cha Malonda Ovomerezeka mu Arms Act zomwe zimateteza opanga mfuti ndi ogulitsa ku pafupifupi milandu yonse. Lamuloli, lomwe linasindikizidwa ndi Purezidenti George W. Bush, linathandizidwa mwakhama ndi mafakitale a mfuti.
Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo idathandiziranso kwambiri panthawiyo, kukangana ku Senate kuti malamulowo"zingathandize kuteteza chitetezo cha dziko lathu pochepetsa milandu yosafunikira pamakampani omwe amagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pokwaniritsa zosowa za amuna ndi akazi athu ovala yunifolomu. Malinga ndi malipoti kuchokera New York Times, thandizo ili lochokera ku Pentagon linapereka"onjezerani” ku muyeso.
Lamuloli likugwirabe ntchito lerolino, ndipo limagwira ntchito yaikulu poteteza opanga mfuti - komanso ogulitsa ndi mabungwe amalonda - ku zotsatira za malonda awo. Mosiyana ndi mafakitale a fodya ndi magalimoto, kumene milandu yamilandu yathandiza kuti chitetezo chitetezeke, makampani opanga mfuti sakhudzidwa ndi milandu yambiri. Malinga ndi bungwe loyang'anira makampani la Public Citizen,"Sizinachitikepo kapena kuyambira pano pomwe Congress idaperekapo bizinesi yonse yopanda chitetezo ku milandu ya anthu. ”
Kugwirizana uku kumapita mbali ziwiri. Bungwe la National Rifle Association, lomwe ndi bungwe lolimbikitsa anthu kuti aziwombera mfuti, lathandiziranso zoyesayesa zobwezera chitetezo kwa anthu wamba padziko lonse lapansi. Mu Meyi 2019, NRA's Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) idakondwerera Purezidenti wa nthawiyo a Donald Trump."kusaina" Pangano la United Nations la Arms Trade Treaty, lomwe a Trump adalengeza pamsonkhano wapachaka wa NRA. (United States idasaina panganolo 2013 koma sanavomereze.)
Panganoli, lomwe lakhala likugwira ntchito kuyambira pamenepo 2014, inali ntchito yoyamba yapadziko lonse yoyendetsera malonda a zida zapadziko lonse, kuchokera kumfuti kupita ku ndege zomenyera nkhondo kupita ku zombo zankhondo, ndipo inayenera kuonetsetsa kuti zida sizikuthera m’manja mwa anthu ophwanya ufulu kapena m’madera amene pali mikangano yoopsa kwambiri, palibe ndondomeko yoyendetsera. Otsutsa panthawiyo anachenjeza kuti kusaina panganoli kuyika anthu wamba ambiri pachiwopsezo.
Malinga ndi a Hartung, kutsutsa kwa NRA pa panganoli kudayamba pomwe mgwirizanowu usanakhalepo.ku"Kubwerera njira yonse kubwerera 2001, bungwe la UN likuyesetsa kuwongolera zida zazing'ono, chifukwa zidayambitsa mikangano yoipitsitsa padziko lapansi yomwe yapha anthu ambiri," akutero. Mu Nthawi Zino."Kupyolera m'misonkhano yambiri ya UN komwe adayambitsa ndondomeko yomwe idzatsogolera ku mgwirizano wa zida, mukanakhala ndi oimira a NRA akuyenda m'maholo ndi oimira makampani amfuti akuyesera kuti athetse vutoli. "
"Mkangano wawo unali woti kuwongolera mfuti padziko lonse lapansi kumawopseza umwini wamfuti m'nyumba," akufotokoza motero Hartung.pa"Ndipo makampani ambiri amatumiza kunja padziko lonse lapansi, motero akufuna kuti izi zizikhala zosayendetsedwa bwino momwe angathere. ”
ILA ya NRA adawonekera kutsimikizira Nkhani ya Hartung pomwe idasangalatsa a Trump 2019 adasaina Pangano la UN Arms Trade Treaty, kulengeza kuti wagonjetsa"kuyesetsa kokwanira kwambiri pakuwongolera mfuti padziko lonse lapansi. " Zachidziwikire, Purezidenti Biden sanabwezerebe United States ku panganoli, ngakhale izi zitha kukhala a zosavuta, zoyang'anira kuchita zomwe sizingafune Congress.
Ma Democrat otsogola, kuwonjezera apo, sanawonetsere kuchuluka kwa zida zapadziko lonse lapansi zamakampani ena, monga Daniel Defense, omwe amapanga mfuti zogulitsa kunyumba.
Otsutsa ena amati andale sangafune kuletsa kutengera kwa mfuti kunyumba pomwe amathandizira kuchuluka kwa zida zakunja, chifukwa makampani - ndi ziwawa zomwe zimakhudzidwa nazo - zimafalikira mbali zonse ziwiri.
Khury Petersen-Smith, a Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow ku Institute for Policy Studies, tanki yotsamira kumanzere, adauza Mu Nthawi Zino,"US imapanga ndikugulitsa zida zambiri kuposa dziko lina lililonse. Imaika ndalama zake popanga zida zakupha kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, poigwiritsa ntchito popanga zida zake zankhondo, apolisi ake, ndi ogwirizana nawo, ndipo imapangitsa zidazo kukhala zopezeka kwambiri kwa anthu ake. Ndimo mmene wachichepereyu anapezerapo zida zimenezi, ndipo zoopsa zonga kuphana kumeneku zili mbali ya dziko lomwelo.”
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SARAH LAZARE ndi mkonzi wapaintaneti komanso mtolankhani wa Mu Nthawi Zino. Iye tweets pa @sarahlazare.
