NaIriana Novick, March 23, 2018
From AlterNet
Musi weMugovera usiku, Pat Elder akadzidzisa tsika yake yeGED yechikoro paGreat Hills High School muRondon. Musi weChishanu mangwanani, akamuka kunhau kuti chivako chake chaive nzvimbo yeimwe nzvimbo yekupura chikoro; Pamberi pe8am, mudzidzi wechidiki ane handgun akazarura moto, achikuvadza vadzidzi vaviri pamwe navo uye kuchinjana moto nemapurisa asati ataurwa afa.
Elder vakarohwa nehana. Saiye director weNational Coalition Kuchengetedza Kuvanzika Kwevadzidzi, sangano rinorwira zvehondo mune zvedzidzo, chiitiko chinotyisa ichi hwaive humwe humbowo hwekupokana kwaanga achingoita kwemakore: pfuti, kunyangwe mukufungidzirwa kwekudzidzisa uye neJunior Reserve Mahofisi. 'Training Corps (JROTC) zvirongwa, hazvina nzvimbo muzvikoro.
"Isu takagadzirira kutumira maemail anosvika zviuru zana nemakumi mashanu kutanga kwevhiki rinouya," Elder vakaudza AlterNet. Mubatanidzwa unozvirumbidza akawanda emapoka anosanganisira World Beyond War, Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, Pasi Pano Runyararo, uye Mira Kuunganidza Vana. "Chikumbiro chakasarudzika," akadaro, "nekuti hachinangisi vezvematongerwo enyika, kwete Congress, asi chakanangana nevatongi venyika. Zvatiri kuedza kuita tiri kuedza kuvhara nzvimbo dzekupfura muzvikoro zveveruzhinji. ”
Chinangwa chikuru ndechekuchinja mutemo, Mukuru akati:
“Tiri kunangana nhengo dzeparamende imwe neimwe kuitira kuti tidaro. Tariro yedu ndeyekuti isu tinogona pamwe kuve nemutemo wakaunzwa mune ingangoita hafu yegumi nemaviri emahofisi epasi nguva refu. Ndine chokwadi chekuti United States Military Entrance Processing Command, rinova ndiro bazi rezvechiuto, rakatsunga kuisa minwe yevana yakawanda seinokonzeresa, kungave kuri kwechokwadi kana kwechokwadi, sezvinobvira. ”
Zvirongwa zveJROTC, anotenda, zviri chikamu chekutora. Kune angangoita 3,800 mapurogiramu eJROTC muzvikoro zveAmerica, sekureva kwaGosa, zviuru zviviri zvacho zvine zvirongwa zvekumaka pasi pechirongwa cheCivilian Marksmanship Chirongwa. Chirongwa ichi, Elder vakati, “chine zvinhu zvinopfuura izvo zveNRA. Iyo Civilian Marksmanship Chirongwa yakanyanya kusimbiswa mune zveveruzhinji zvikoro. "Iri ndiro bhisikiti reNRA, uye maseneta Lautenberg naSimon muna2,000, pakaitwa chirongwa cheCivilian Marksmanship Programme kuita sangano rakazvimiririra rakapihwa mvumo nekongiresi.
Iwo mapurogiramu, ayo anodzidzisa vadzidzi maitiro ekupfura zvombo, akaiswa muSouth. “Alabama yakanyanya, ingangoita, kuti, Rhode Island kuve nemhando idzi dzezvirongwa muzvikoro zveveruzhinji. Mitero yekupinza muchiuto vanhu kuGeorgia yakapetwa katatu kupfuura yeConnecticut, uye nekudaro kune dzimwe nzvimbo uko huto hwechiuto hwakanyanya kusimbiswa senge tsika yetsika. ”
Kana zviri zveGreat Hills, Mukuru akatsanangura kuti Maryland ine zvimiro zvinochengetedza uye zvakasununguka, asi, “Great Mills High Chikoro zvirokwazvo iri munzvimbo tsvuku. Iri mukati mamaira maviri ePatuxent River Naval Air Test Center, inova nzvimbo yemahombekombe ingangoita saizi yePentagon. Yakakura. ”
Sechikamu chemushandirapamwe wekukumbira, Mukuru anoda kuona kuti vabereki vanonzwisisa chikamu chinonyengera chehukama pakati pezvikoro nemauto. Kunyangwe kana vana vavo vasiri muzvirongwa zvekumaka mamaki, yavo data inogona kuramba ichipfuudzwa kune vanopinda muchiuto. Yakapetwa muMutemo Wese Wevadzidzi Unobudirira (ESSA), dombo repakona redzidzo yenyika, mutemo unoti, "kana muchiuto muchiuto akakumbira zita, kero, uye nhamba yefoni yevadzidzi mune chimwe chikoro chesekondari, saka ichi chikoro chepamusoro anofanira kuzvipa, asi chikoro chesekondari chinofanira kuudza vabereki kuti vane kodzero yekusarudza. ”
Dambudziko, Elder vakaenderera mberi, nderekuti mutemo uyu "hautaure zvakananga kuti huipi hunofanirwa kuitika, saka zvikoro zvizhinji hazviite zvakanyanya. Vanogona kuisa chimwe chinhu mubhuku revadzidzi, chakavigwa papeji 36, kana chingavigwa pawebhusaiti, asi vabereki vazhinji havazive. ”
Chikumbiro chinoenda chinorarama March 24, inotevera March weMararamiro edu mukutsigira kutonga kwepfuti. Isa chiratidzo pamunyengetero National Coalition Kudzivirira Ushamwari hweVadzidzi uye World Beyond War Websites.
