Florida Gunman Nikolas Cruz Knew Indlela Yokusebenzisa Isibhamu, Siyabonga NRA kanye US Army

AMY U-GOODMAN: Lokhu Intando yeningi Manje!, democracynow.org, I-War and Peace Report, neNgxenye 2 yengxoxo yethu mayelana JROTC kanye nokudubula kwabantu abaningi eFlorida. Ngesikhathi isibhamu saseFlorida esikoleni eledlule siphumelele ingxabano kazwelonke mayelana nezibhamu kanye namandla okubamba iqhaza eNational Rifle Association, kunakekelwa kancane kancane kwesinye isici sokudubula. Umshayeli waseFlorida, u-Nikolas Cruz oneminyaka engu-19, wayeyilungu le-Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. Wayenesembatho sakhe JROTC ihembe lapho eqhuba ukubulawa kwabantu, ezama ukuhlangana nabanye abafundi. U-Cruz naye wayeyingxenye yomuntu omine JROTC ithimba lezimpawu esikoleni esithole i-$ 10,000 ngemali evela ku- I-NRA.

Siqhubeka nengxoxo yethu noPatri Elder, umqondisi weNational Coalition ukuvikela Ubumfihlo Bomfundi, iqembu elibhekene nokulwa kwezempi ezikoleni. Ungumbhali we Ukuqashwa Kwezempi E-United States.

Ngakho, okokuqala, Pat, usitshele indlela JROTC isebenza ezikoleni. Isibonelo, bangaki izingane esikoleni saseMarjory Stoneham Douglas JROTC? Yini ejwayelekile e-United States?

I-PAT ELDER: Ngazama ukuthola lolo lwazi ngaphandle, u-Amy, kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi zonke izikole ezibambe-ezinakho JROTC izinhlelo kumele zibe nezincane zabafundi be-100. Futhi uma bengenakukwazi ukugcina abafundi be-100 iminyaka emibili ngokulandelana, khona-ke uhlelo kufanele luyeke.

Manje, lokho kuveza iphuzu elithakazelisayo eliphathelene nomkhankaso wokubambelela owaqondiswa yi- JROTC Umyalo we-Cadet, owawuqondiswa uhulumeni wesifundazwe, hhayi emaqenjini kahulumeni, kodwa kunalokho ezikoleni ezizimele kanye namabhodi esikoleni esiphakeme wezemfundo nama-superintendents. Ngokwesibonelo, eFlorida, ngokusobala isimo somusa kakhulu ngokubambisana kwezikole, izimiso zaseFlorida manje zivumela umfundi othatha iminyaka emine JROTC ukufaka esikhundleni se-biology, isayensi yemvelo, imfundo yemvelo kanye nobuciko kulolu hlelo oluqondile olugxilwe ekufundiseni impi. Kuyinto enhle kakhulu.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Linda. Phinda lokho.

I-PAT ELDER: Ngihlale ngicelwa ukuthi ngiphinde ngilandise lokho. EFlorida, kuyingxenye yesimiso ukuthi ingane ethatha iminyaka emine JROTC Uhlelo akusadingeki ukuthatha i-biology, isayensi yemvelo, imfundo yemvelo nobuciko. Lezo zikhredithi ezine zisetshenzisiwe-zaneliswa ngokuthatha JROTC Uhlelo.

Bheka, ngemuva kweNew Child Left Behind Act, u-Amy, izinhlelo eziningi zesikole ezweni lonke zaba yizintambo eziningi kakhulu kunezinhlobo zezikweletu kanye nenani lama-credit hours abafundi abafanele bathathe, futhi lokho kwafakela JROTC Uhlelo. Ngakho i JROTC Uhlelo luye lwaphatha, ezindaweni eziningi, ukukwazi ukufaka esikhundleni semfundo engokwenyama kanye nohulumeni waseMelika kanye nezomphakathi. I-Florida iyaqhubeka.

Futhi kufanele kuqashelwe ngalokhu ukuthi eFlorida bonke othisha abaqashiwe kumele babe nama-BA degrees futhi kumele banelise imihlahlandlela yokuqinisekisa isitifiketi esinamandla. Kumele futhi babe nama-master degree eminyakeni embalwa. I JROTC abafundisi beMpi akudingeki babe nezinga leyunivesithi. Ziphi izinyunyana? Kuphi izinyunyana kulokhu?

AMY U-GOODMAN: Izingane ezintathu, abafundi abathathu esikoleni esiphakeme ababulewe yiCroz, babefana naye JROTC. Ngifuna ukubuyela kuJillian Davis, owathi wayekho JROTC kanye ne-Florida gun shotman, uNikolas Cruz, ebangeni lesishiyagalolunye.

JILLIAN DAVIS: Akuyona ingane ejwayelekile kunazo zonke JROTC. Ngempela wayene-nje into ethile nje ngaye. Kodwa wonke umuntu ohlelweni wayeyinto encane kuphela, kodwa wayeyinto encane eyengeziwe. Futhi ngiyakhumbula kuphela ngokucacile ukuthi u-quirky wayenjani. Kodwa kwakungokoqobo, okungaphezulu noma ngaphansi, ukuthi wayenomdlandla futhi ethule futhi enamahloni lapho-

I-INTERVIEWER: Ngiyabona.

JILLIAN DAVIS: Lapho eba nobudlova, kwakungafani naye. Kwakungewona uhlamvu lwakhe.

I-INTERVIEWER: Hawu ngempela? Cishe sengathi wayene-

JILLIAN DAVIS: Ubuntu obuhlukile.

I-INTERVIEWER: Ngiyabona.

JILLIAN DAVIS: Ngoba wayethule kakhulu.

AMY U-GOODMAN: I-Army iye yanikezela iMedal of Heroism eya emithathu JROTC ama-cadet afela eParkland, eFlorida, edubula: UPeter Wang oneminyaka engu-15 kanye no-Martin Duque no-Alaina Petty, abaneminyaka emibili ubudala. UWang kuthiwa wafa ngesikhathi ephethe umnyango ovulekile ukusiza abanye abafunda nabo ukubaleka. Pat Elder, uma ungakwazi ukukhuluma ngabafundi abajoyina JROTC?

I-PAT ELDER: KULUNGILE. Ngiyabonga u-Amy. Yebo, okokuqala, kuyinkathazo enyantisayo, futhi ngidabukile kakhulu ngalokhu. Nginike isikhathi esiningi kakhulu empilweni yami ukuzama ukuthatha izibhamu ezizandleni zalezi zingane. Manje, kungikhumbuza incwadi ebhalwe nguLieutenant Colonel David Grossman. Kubizwa I-Killology. Futhi ubhala iPaducah, Kentucky, ukudubula emtatsheni wezincwadi zesikole. Kubonakala sengathi kwakunabantwana abayisishiyagalombili embuthanweni womkhuleko, kanti uMichael Carneal wangena emtatsheni wezincwadi, futhi wayenegada lezinhlamvu eziyisishiyagalombili, futhi wadubula ingane ngayinye ekhanda ngesinye isikhathi. Futhi uGrossman ubhekisela kuso njengento "ephumelelayo emangalisayo."

Futhi ngiletha lokho ngoba-ngoba i-Army isebenzisa imidlalo yevidiyo-ikhona Amandla aseMelika umdlalo wevidiyo-ukuze uthole izingane. Ngenye yemidlalo ethandwa kakhulu eMelika namuhla, futhi iyinkululeko yokulanda. Lawa ngamageyimu wokudubula umuntu wokuqala. Futhi ngikholelwa ngokujulile ukuthi umdlalo wezempi ukubeka iminwe emincane ngezindlela eziningi ezinamandla, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ziyiqiniso noma zangempela, ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngakho-ke, sinezinkulungwane zama-13 ezineminyaka ezindala ezikoleni eziphakeme eNamerica ezinikezwa izikhali ezibulalayo ekudubula ezikoleni zabo eziphakeme. Futhi uma bengadubuli esikoleni sabo esiphakeme, base bedubula ezindaweni zokudubula ezithengiswayo zendawo ezigcwele uthuli oholayo futhi futhi ziqhutshwa yiNhlangano YezokuPhathwa Kwezemvelo kanye neNational Rifle Association. Kuyinto uhlelo okumelwe limiswe.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Ngakho-ke, ngifuna ukukhuluma kabanzi ngalokhu, futhi sixoxa ngalokhu Ingxenye 1, ubuhlobo phakathi kwe I-NRA futhi lezi zinhlelo zokumaka, okuyi-subset of JROTC, kunjalo? Ngisho ukuthi ukhona u-Nikolas Cruz, owayengomunye weqembu elilodwa lamalungu alolu hlelo lokumaka. Omunye wabafundi uthi udubule kahle kakhulu.

I-PAT ELDER: Kuhle kakhulu. Ngicabanga ukuthi ukunakwa okudingekayo kunikezwe ummeleli we-NRA kuzo zonke lezi, futhi yilolu hlelo lwezokuPhathwa kweziMali, noma CMP. Manje, i CMP itholakala ku-Anniston, Alabama. Ngokungafani namanye amazwe emhlabeni wonke ukuthi abulale ngobuhlakani izikhali zawo zasemsebenzini asetshenziselwa umhlalaphansi, uhlelo lwe-Civilian Marksmanship Program lubabuyisela emphakathini waseMelika. Ngakho-ke lokho okwenziwa yiMpi i-Army inikeza, njengezipho, kuHlelo lwe-Civilian Marksmanship Program oluphelelwe yisikhathi izibhamu namapulisi manje, futhi lezo zithengiswa. Ngakho-ke, Uhlelo lweMicrosoft Marksmanship lunezimpahla ze $ 160 million. Kuyinto eyimfihlo. Futhi ihlelwe yiCongress ukudayisa izikhali ezakhiwe kabusha noma izikhali emphakathini waseMelika ngezinkokhelo ezihlisiwe.

Leyo nhlangano, uhlelo lwe-Civilian Marksmanship Program, ilawula izinhlelo zokudubula ezikoleni. Yibo okufanele bahlele imithethonqubo ephathelene nokudubula kwezikhali, izinqubo zokuphepha kanye nenkinga ngokuphathelene nokuhola. Uhlelo lweMicrosoft Marksmanship Programme lugcina ukuhola futhi lulandela i-suit I-NRA ngokufakazela ukuthi lokho akukulimazi ngempela nokuthi akukho nkinga yokuhola phansi futhi uholele emoyeni.

Ngakho-ke, yi-Program Civilian Marksmanship Programme engummeli weNational Rifle Association. Futhi ukunakwa okwengeziwe kumele kuhokhwe ohlelweni lwezokuPhathwa kweziMali. Uma uya kulokho iwebhusayithi, ungaya kwi-club tracker, futhi ungalanda kusuka ku-tracker ye-club yonke JROTC izinhlelo ezinamahlelo wokumaketha kuwo wonke ama-United States.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Futhi ukhulume kabanzi mayelana nokuhola.

I-PAT ELDER: Ngiyabonga, Amy, ngoba bekulokhu ngibheka phambili. Ngicabanga ukuthi le nkinga kufanele ihlaziywe. Uma umuntu ekhanda ipulazi eliholayo ngokusebenzisa isibhamu, liyakhipha yonke into ehamba phambili ehamba phambili. Futhi-ke, lokho kuholele, lezi zinhlayiya zamaminithi ziqhutshwa emoyeni. Futhi-ke, izinhlelo zokuphuza umoya ezikoleni eziphakeme azihlelwe ukuba zinakekele lowo moya. Ngakho-ke kuncike ekutheni indlela yokuphuza umoya ishaya ngayo. Kwezinye izimo, iqhuma ebusweni babantwana. Ukuhola kuqoqa ekupheleni kwesibhamu, phansi, futhi ukuhola kufinyelela emgodini wokubuyela emuva.

Futhi Uhlelo lwe-Civilian Marksmanship Programme lushicilele iziqondiso eziqinile kakhulu, ezingabanjwanga kakhulu ezikoleni ezweni lonke. Eqinisweni, kukhona izithombe, ezishicilelwe kithi iwebhusayithi, kusuka kuFlint, eMichigan, empeleni kubonisa ukuthi izingane zihamba ukusuka emgqeni wokudubula ziye ekuhlosweni. Futhi nginamavidiyo amaningana, futhi, abonisa ukuthi, kusuka nje ku-YouTube-akuthathi okuningi ukulanda lezizinto-ezibonisa ngokucacile izingane zesikole esiphakeme eziphula imithetho ekhuthele. Futhi lapho behamba ngaphesheya kwezemidlalo noma endaweni yokudlela phansi, babeka-balandela ukuhola ngezicathulo zabo, ezandleni zabo, ezinyaweni zabo, nasezingutsheni zabo, kulo lonke isakhiwo. Futhi sinezifundo, ngamaqembu afundiswa eSweden naseJalimane, okubonisa ukuhlanganiswa okucacile phakathi kokudubula okuphambili kwamapelitiki kanye namazinga aphakeme aphezulu egazi.

Phakathi naleso sikhathi, Uhlelo Lwezokumaketha Ngezombusazwe lusitshela ukuthi kuhle nokuthi konke okumele ukwenze ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izingane azidli ngesikhathi esifanayo futhi zigeza izandla. Okwamanje, I-NIOSH usitshela ukuthi ukugeza izandla zakho akwanele ukuze uhlanze ukuhlala okuholela. Uhlelo lwezokuPhathwa kweziNdawo eziPhezulu lubuye litshele izikole ukuthi zisebenzise i-trisodium phosphate ukuze zihlanzwe izitezi zokuzivocavoca kanye nendawo yokudlela ngemuva kokudubula. Lokhu akukwenziwa nje. Futhi kufanele kukhulunywe, futhi, lokho TSP i-carcinogen futhi iyingozi kakhulu emvelweni.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Futhi uma ungaphinda usho futhi, Pat, ngubani okhokhela CMP, Uhlelo Lwezokukhangisa Ngezizwe? Futhi-ke, nakho konke lokhu-JROTC, CMP, ukubandakanyeka kwe-NRA-obiza izibhamu, okushoyo, esikoleni?

I-PAT ELDER: Ngiyitholile.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Iyiphi indima oyinhloko edlalayo?

I-PAT ELDER: Kulungile, ngiyabonga ngombuzo. Umlando we-Civilian Marksmanship Programs uyamthakazelisa ngempela, u-Amy. Iya yonke indlela eya ku-1903. Kukhona ama-memos aphethwe yi-Army ngaphambi kwaleso sikhathi-yayikhombisa ukuthi i-Army yayisabekayo kakhulu, ngoba bacabanga ukuthi izinsizwa zaseMelika ezazilwa eMpini yaseMelika yaseMelika zizoba ngamamaki angcono. Futhi-ke, iCongress yalalela ukusungulwa kohlelo lwe-Civilian Marksmanship Program ukuqeqesha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezingane ekudubula izikhali, ukuze, uma kwenzeka kwenye impi, abaseMelika babeqeqeshelwe kangcono ukudubula. Kuhle kakhulu.

Ku-1996, kunobunye ubufakazi bukaPaul Simon noFrank Lautenberg, amaqhawe amabili amakhulu, owazibiza ngokuthi CMP a "boondoggle" futhi "isipho kuya I-NRA"Lona kwakunyaka lapho i CMP kwakungeyona ingalo yeCongress. Akuseyona inhlangano yomphakathi, futhi esikhundleni salokho yaba yinhlangano yangasese. Futhi ngaleyo ndlela, uye wakwazi ukubhalisa imali eyi-$ 160 million kwizibambiso ezithengiswa ngasese ngokuthengisa izikhali ze-Army ezilahliwe.

Manje, engxenyeni elandelayo yombuzo wakho, izikole ngabanye ziqhutshwa yizikhulu. Izikhulu ezikoleni ekugcineni ziphethe ukuthi kwenzekani. Banezimanga-banenkululeko emangalisayo futhi emangalisayo ezikoleni zabo. Kodwa uhlelo ngokwayo luqhutshwa igatsha ngalinye lempi. Ngakho-ke, uma unesimiso se-Marine Corps, unezincwadi ezine ezihlukene zeMarine Corps, kubantu abasha, abashadile, abasha nabadala. Konke kuyi-intanethi. Futhi izingane zifundiswa umlando ovela kumbono we-Marine Corps. Futhi kunezifunda manje ezivumela lolu hlobo lwekharikhulamu ukuthi lufake esikhundleni sekharikhulamu ejwayelekile.

Ngakho-ke, ukuze uphendule umbuzo wakho, ngokuqondene nokuhola ezikoleni, iMarcus Marksmanship iyayilawula. Umqeqeshi ngamunye wezempi ngumuntu ophethe ngokusemthethweni, nakuba kungumbuzo, u-Amy: Ingabe ngempela sinomsebenzi wokuthatha amasosha ngokugcwele wezikole? Uyazi, ngakho-ke umthwalo wemfanelo uhlanganyele ngandlela-thile. Kodwa ngokomthetho, uyinhloko oyinhloko yezikole. Bavele bahlanze izandla zabo.

Kuyinto efanayo nokuhlolwa kwezempi. Sinezingane ze-700,000 ezweni lonke ezikoleni ze-14,000 ezithatha lokhu ASVAB ukuhlolwa, futhi yonke imininingwane inikezwa abaqashi bezempi-amahora amane okuhlola, izinombolo zokuphepha kwezenhlalakahle-ngokuphula umthetho wezwe nemithetho yenhlangano, kanye nolwazi lomphakathi. Futhi kuyilingo lezempi elinikezwayo. Futhi ukuze wenze iphuzu ngokushesha, abaqondisi bavumela lolu lwazi ukuba luye empini, luphule amalungelo wobumfihlo. Futhi amasosha aqoqa ulwazi ngokuqondile kubantwana. Isimo saseMalton kanye nesifunda saseNew Hampshire sinemithetho, futhi leyo mithetho ithi ngokusemthethweni ukuthi amasosha angeke athathe lolo lwazi ngaphandle kwemvume yabazali. Sinezikoleni ezingaphezu kwenkulungwane, u-Amy, okudinga abafundi ukuba bahlole ukuhlolwa kwezempi, futhi yonke imininingwane inikezwa umama nobaba-banikezwe abaqashi ngaphandle komama nobaba bazi ngakho. Futhi lokho kwephula FERPA, okuyiMithetho yamaLungelo eMfundo kanye noMfihlo.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Ngakho-ke, ingaqhubeka kanjani, uma iphula umthetho we-United States?

I-PAT ELDER: Kungenzeka kanjani noma yini eqhubekayo ephula imithetho yase-United States? Ukuphathwa kwe-Trump kungaqhubeka kanjani ngaphandle kokuphulwa kwemithetho ye-United States? Futhi, iphula imithetho ye-United States. Ngiyakwazi ukukutshela, ngiye ngithukuthelela ikhanda lami ngokumelene nokujwayelekile kwe-15 iminyaka kule nkinga.

Futhi siye saba nomzila othile esifundeni saseMalton nasesifundazweni saseNew Hampshire. Futhi nami kufanele ngikhulume isimo saseHawaii. Saya kubaphathi besikole, futhi saya kubaphathimende, futhi sathi, "Hayi, unomthetho esifundazweni sakho othi awukwazi ukuphoqa ingane ukuba isayine inombolo yabo yokuphepha yomphakathi. Awukwazi ukuphoqa ingane ukuba ilahle ulwazi lomphakathi noma amarekhodi abafundi, ngaphandle kwemvume yabazali. Amasosha aya endaweni yokudlela yakho futhi ahlolwe lezi zingane. Ucabangani ngalokho? "Futhi abameli bezombusazwe kulawo mazwe amathathu bavumelana nathi futhi badlulisela umthetho. Sisaba nezifunda ze-47 ukuya.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Ngangifuna ukubuyela kumlando kaNikolas Cruz nokuthi anganikezwa yini isibhamu esikoleni, nakuba ungavunyelwe ukuthatha isibhamu kulesi sikole. Ubufakazi obuthe xaxa buvele buveza ukuthi isibhamu saseFlorida esikoleni sikaNicolas Cruz sabelane ngesimo esivamile nabanye abesilisa abaningi abaye benza ukudubula okukhulu: Ubenomlando wokuhlukunyezwa nokusongela abesifazane. Omunye umfundi wathi I-New York Times ukuthi i-Cruz yayihlukumezile ngendodakazi yakhe yangaphambili. Omunye umfundi wathi I-New York Times ubelokhu engumngane oseduze noCroz kodwa wamnquma ngemuva kokuqala futhi esongela umngane wakhe wesifazane. Futhi I-New York Times uphinde wacaphuna othile ethi ulandela umfundi we-high school kuze kube yilapho ephikisana naye.

Ubeka lokho kanye nemibiko yokuthi eminyakeni edlule amaphoyisa aye emzini kaVroz njengokungathi izikhathi ezingu-39 zokubhekana nodaba lwezobudlova zasekhaya nezinye izinkinga. Ube nomakhelwane ebonisa ividiyo kaVroz efaka isibhamu ngemuva kwendlu yakhe. Ngisho, ngokucacile, esikoleni-unabo bonke abantwana, njengo-Emma Gonzalez, owaziwa kahle kakhulu ngenkulumo ethintekayo yokulawulwa kwezibhamu, ethi, "Sazi kusukela emuva." Futhi wathi, "Musa sitshele ukuthi kufanele sitshele abantu. Satshele abantu mayelana neCroz. "Wathi," Uma ubuzobuza, uyazi, ngubani lo mqhudelwano omkhulu, angeke kusimangaze, "esho.

Kodwa kuthiwani ngalokhu, uma kuziwa kuNikolas Cruz ukuba yilungu lalabo kuphela JROTC kodwa futhi ithimba lezimpawu esikoleni, lifundiswa ukuba lidubule kangcono?

I-PAT ELDER: Kwesokudla. U-Amy, sidinga ukusekela kancane ukuze sithole isithombe esicacile se-United States Military Entrance Processing Command. Lona yi-entity kahulumeni ngemuva kwalezi zinengiso. Udinga ukwazi ukuthi amaphesenti angu-XNUM of bonke abaqashile abasha abaqedi isikhathi sabo sokuqala. Kufanele ngiphinde ngilandise ukuthi: Amaphesenti angu-40 wabasebenzi abasha abaqedi isikhathi sabo sokuqala. Futhi phakathi kwesikhathi kusukela ku-40 kuya ku-2008, sinezixuku ze-2014-amasosha we-20,000 ahamba I-AWOL. Uyazi, amasosha angabalandeli. Futhi lapho bekwenza, la masosha athola isikhwama esibukweni. Kungenxa yokuthi kulula kakhulu ukuya ezindaweni zasemadolobheni eziphukile nasezikoleni eziphakeme e-Rust Belt futhi uhlala nabantwana endaweni yokudlela futhi udibanise nezingane endaweni yokupaka, ukuze uzame ukuba zijoyine. Futhi-ke, impendulo yami lapha ukuthi sinezinkulungwane nezinkulungwane zezingane ezihlehliswayo. Akuyona amandla okuvolontiya, u-Amy. Ngamandla aqashiwe. Futhi sekuyisikhathi abantu baqonda ukuthi kunengqondo kangakanani.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Ungakwazi yini ukukhuluma ngokubaluleka kwezwe laseFlorida nokuthi livelele kangakanani kulo lonke JROTC Uhlelo?

I-PAT ELDER: Ngiyakwazi. Ngiyakwazi ukukutshela ukuthi, njengoba ngishilo ngaphambili, ngokuqondene nekharikhulamu ethintekayo, kuyathandwa kakhulu. Kunzima ngempela, u-Amy, ukuthola izibalo ku- JROTC Uhlelo. Manje, ngineminyaka engu-10 edlule, ngiceliwe FOIA ulwazi, futhi waluthola, ekuhlolweni kwezempi. Asinalo lwazi ku- JROTC Uhlelo. Ngakho, anginayo. Nginakho-kufanele iceliwe, futhi kuyinkqubo ende ukuqala ukuthola lolo lwazi.

Sinamanani amakhulu. Siyazi ukuthi kunezikole ze-3,300 ezweni lonke, ngakho-ke singakwazi ukususa lokho ukuze sibone ukuthi kungakanani okungenzeka kube khona eFlorida. Sinemininingwane kwi-Army, kodwa asinayo idatha kwamanye amagatsha amathathu. Kodwa iFlorida inobungane kakhulu emasosha. Ukuze sikunike isampula, sinezikole eziyisikhombisa zasemadolobheni eMiami, idolobha, kanti izingane ezizolezo zikole zadingeka ukuba zihlale ezivivinyweni zokubhalisa ezempi. Zonke lezi zikole zazinabantu abambalwa abangaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-95. Lenye into lapha. Kukhona ingxenye yezinhlanga kulokhu, kusiciko sokuhlola esasempi. Kodwa kukhona izinhlelo zokuhlola. Ake sithi isikole sifuna ukusiza izingane zilungiselele SAT noma UMTHETHO ukuhlolwa. Impi inempendulo yalokho. Ibizwa ngo-March 2 Impumelelo. Isosha liqala izinhlelo zalo zokuqasha eFlorida nakwezinye izindawo ngencintiswano yokwakhiwa kweBego, ukuqala-ebangeni lesithathu. Ngakho-ke, kukhona futhi, izinhlelo eziningi zamasosha eziningana, ezisebenza cishe zonke izikole zaseFlorida nazo zonke izikole ezweni lonke.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Manje, chaza ingxenye yezinhlanga kancane, Pat.

I-PAT ELDER: Yebo. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili eyedlule, ngibhala ngokubhala umthetho esifundazweni saseMalton, futhi ngaya ku I-NAACP umqondisi, u-Elbridge James. Futhi u-Elbrige ungumfana omuhle. Ngakho-ke, wathi, yebo-niyazi, ngambuza, "Ungabeka yini ubufakazi eMaryland mayelana nokuhlolwa kwezempi?" Futhi wathi, "Ake ngibone i-database lapho." Futhi, uyazi, ngamnika ispredishithi nezikole ze-150 kuso, amagama ezikole. Futhi wayibheka cishe ngamasekhondi angu-30, u-Amy, futhi wathi, "Ngizofakaza." Ngathi, "Lokho kwakungcono kakhulu, u-Elbridge." Wachaza ukuthi akazange abone uWalt Whitman ePotomac. Akazange abone iChurchill eBethesda. Akazange abone izikole ezimhlophe ezimelele kulolu hlu. Futhi akunjalo. Uyazi, baya kuBrown. Baya e-Cornell. Abaya e-Army. Ababhalisanga. Uma beya e-Army, bahamba njengabaphathi. Ngakho-ke, kukhona ingxenye yohlanga ekuhlolweni kwezempi, njengoba kukhona-akuyona nje into yobuhlanga, yebo. Kuyinto yezomnotho.

Ngakho-ke, sibona ngokucacile, nedatha esinayo ekuhlolweni kwezempi. Sithole nje idatha kusukela esontweni ngesonto eledlule. Ukuphathwa kweTrump kwadonsela izinyawo zayo. Ngakho-ke, sinalo idatha entsha, futhi ngizokwenza lokho kuwebhusayithi yethu, I-StudentPrivacy.org, ngaphakathi kwezinsuku ezimbalwa. Kuyatshela kakhulu. Ungadonsa umbuso wakho bese ubona izinombolo zezingane ezivivinywa amasosha. Futhi ungabiza uthishanhloko wakho futhi umbuze ukuthi ukhuluma kanjani, ku-database-izingane azidingeki ukuthi zithathele ukuhlolwa-izingane ze-180 ziyithathe. Futhi ungababuza, "Kanjani emhlabeni ngokuzithandela uthole izingane ze-180, ezingabantu abadala, ukuya e-yokudlela ukuze uthathe uvivinyo lwezempi lwamahora amane?"

AMY U-GOODMAN: Pat, uthola kanjani isithakazelo kangaka kulokhu? Uyini isizinda sakho?

I-PAT ELDER: Nokho, lapho ngineminyaka engu-16, i-United States yangena eCambodia, futhi ngehlela eWhite House, futhi ngacelwa ukuba ngisuke phakathi enkabeni yeLafayette Park, futhi angizange, futhi ngaboshwa. Futhi lokho kwaba ukuqala kobushoshovu bami. Ngangikwazi ukuhlala buthule. Futhi ngibe yisishoshovu kusukela lapho. Ekuqaleni, gosh, '01, ngahlela imibhikisho eWashington bobabili i-United for Peace and Justice kanye ne-DC Anti-War Network, engayisungula. Futhi, uyazi, ngafika eqophelweni, cishe ngo-2004, 2005, ukuthi sikwazi — singabeka abantu abangama-300,000 noma abangu-400,000 emgwaqweni, u-Amy. Yizinto ezinekhanda ngempela. Kepha akuzange kushintshe izinqubomgomo zokuphatha kukaBush.

Futhi ngahlangana noRick Jahnkow. Unayo iphrojekthi YANO e-San Diego. Futhi iSan Diego iningi kakhulu edolobheni lempi. Lowo wesilisa kanye nalolo qembu bakwazi ukukhipha zonke izibhamu JROTC Uhlelo edolobheni laseSan Diego. Ngakho iSan Diego ayikho izinhlelo zokumaka. Yilokho okufezile. Iphrojekthi YANO kuyinto inhlangano emangalisayo, futhi kuyindawo yokufunda mayelana nale ndaba, kanye NNOMY, okuyiNethiwekhi kaZwelonke ephikisana neNhlangano yokuThuthukiswa kwentsha, kanye newebhusayithi yami, iwebhusayithi yethu, I-StudentPrivacy.org.

Ngakho-ke, kimi, kwakuyinto enhle kakhulu. Ngabona ukuthi noma yikuphi ukuguquka kothando, ukuhawukelwa, okucatshangelwayo, kufanele kufundiswe ezikoleni, u-Amy. Kumelwe. Ngakho-ke sidinga ukubheka loluhlelo lwesithathu lwesigaba olwenziwa yizempi, futhi kudingeka sibheke uhlelo lwe-Young Marines, olunezingane ezincane njengebanga lesithathu, futhi kudingeka silwisane nalo. Sidinga ukubhekana nayo. Sidinga ukuphuma, ngoba lokhu kuyingxenye ye-revolution. Kuzothatha isizukulwane sesikhathi.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Futhi ngomzamo omkhulu kaTrump wokubeka inani elikhulu lemithombo empini-futhi into esingakaze siyibone ngaphambili, njengoba ezama ukukhulisa isabelomali sempi-lokhu kuzosithinta kanjani izinhlelo okhuluma ngazo ezikoleni?

I-PAT ELDER: Kulungile, u-Amy. Njengamanje, ngicabanga ukuthi uMyalo Wokuqasha usekhona mayelana namasosha e-8,000. Akuyona into oyibonayo CNN, uyazi. Akuyona into oyihlangabezayo MSNBC. Kuyinto-bahlushwa inkinga.

Futhi, uyazi, ngasebenza kakhulu nabantwana base-London Soldiers International eLondon, futhi ngasebenza nabantu baseGeneva mayelana neprotocol yokuzikhethela yezingane ezimpini. Futhi empeleni bathatha izigaba ezimbalwa engangizibhala, futhi ngifaka impendulo yabo ekuphathweni kuka Obama, ngakho-ke manje yingxenye yerekhodi lomphakathi. Ngokusobala, abantu baseGeneva babe nomuzwa wokuthi ukuhlolwa kwezempi kanye JROTC Uhlelo kokubili luphula le protocol. Baphula umthetho we-protocol ngoba i-Section 3 ye-protocol yokuzikhethela yezingane ezimpini ehlomile ithi ngokuqashwa kwezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-18 kufanele kwenziwe kanjalo ngokuvuma ngokugcwele komzali. Akunjalo, e-United States of America. Futhi ukuphathwa kuka-Obama, ngaphansi koNobhala uClinton, kuthiwa akekho izingane ezidingekayo ukuba zivivinye ezempi nokuthi JROTC Uhlelo aluphoqeleli izingane noma zizama ukuthola izingane ngaphandle kwemvume yabazali.

AMY U-GOODMAN: I $ 10,000 okholwayo eya esikoleni esiphakeme saseParkland yayisezingeni lemishini?

I-PAT ELDER: Kulungile. Ngokuvamile, uzoba-izikole zizoxhumana nazo I-NRA, Kanye I-NRA inehlelo eliqinile kakhulu lokunikeza izibonelelo ngaphandle. Kufana nokukhangisa kwe-Joe Cool Camel kagwayi okubhekiswe kwentsha. Yindlela efanayo efanayo yokufinyelela. Bayaqaphela ukuthi uma bengase baqale ukuxhumanisa izingane nezibhamu ezineminyaka eyi-13 ezikoleni eziphakeme, kuyisiphakamiso sokunqoba kwabo kanye nabathengisi bezikhali. Futhi-ke, uyazi, ubona ukuthi kuwumkhuba okhohlisayo, futhi kubonakala sengathi, ngenxa yesikhashana, kuze kube yilapho abantu abaningi behlangana nomqondo wokuthi izimpi ziqala ezikoleni zasesikoleni esiphakeme, izimpi ziqala esikoleni sokupaka esikoleni esiphakeme , lapho abaqashi bavunyelwa khona ukugubha nezingane ze-13.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Futhi inkinga yengane efana noNikolas Cruz, obala ukuthi wayenomlando wokuhlukumeza, ukuhlukumeza nokuhlukunyezwa kwabanye, ukwazi ukuthola isibhamu futhi afunde ukuba ngummaki esikoleni?

I-PAT ELDER: Yebo, kubi kakhulu kunalokho. I-United States Army ibeka isikhali esibulalayo esandleni somntwana lapho esesibangeni lesishiyagalolunye, njengoba kwenza izinkulungwane zabanye ezweni lonke. Manje, kungenzeka ukuthi wayeyingozi kakhulu, kodwa kukhona intsha eningi engaqondakali kwengqondo ku-17 no-18 abaphatha ukujoyina amasosha. Futhi abazali bavame ukuvumela izingane zabo ukuba zijoyine i-17. Amaphesenti ayishumi ebutho eliqashiwe e-United States of America yi-17. Yilokho okuqongile ku- OECD, kulo lonke elaseYurophu nasezweni elithuthukile. Ngakho, kuwumkhuba odabukisayo.

Kodwa ukubuyela eNikolas Cruz, ingabe wayezokwenza isosha elihle? Mhlawumbe. Mhlawumbe uma ejoyine, futhi mhlawumbe uma ekhona futhi eqeqeshwe yiMarines noma i-Army, kungenzeka ukuthi wenza isosha elihle kakhulu, ngokulinganisa kwabo.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Uyazi ngokuqondile icala likaNikolas Cruz nokuhlanganyela kwakhe JROTC futhi CMP kanye nesimiso sokwenza izimpawu esikoleni esiphakeme saseParkland?

I-PAT ELDER: Cha, angikwenzi. Uyazi, angikwazi lutho kunoma ubani omunye, nje ukuqoqa emithonjeni ehlukahlukene, u-Amy. Ngiyazi uhlobo.

Futhi ngiyakwazi ukukutshela, nokuthi, ngibizwe ngamamazana angamakhulu amaningana ezweni lonke. Yiso sonke isikhathi omama, u-Amy, ngokungajwayelekile kakhulu obaba. Futhi bayongibiza. Bangithola. Futhi bayothi, "Ingane yami idlala basketball eyodwa-on-one nomqashi. Futhi unesifo esibucayi, futhi unjalo ADHD, futhi unenkinga yokukhathazeka. Lokhu ngeke kwenzeke, uPat. Yini esingayenza ngakho? "Futhi ngithi," Yebo, ungakhuluma nenhloko yakho. Ungakwazi ukukhuluma nengane yakho. Kodwa uma i-18 yengane yakho bese isayina, akukho mama ongayenza ngakho. "Futhi ngakho-ke, ngokuvamile ngizoxoxa ngalezi zingxoxo ezinwetshiwe, lezi zingxube ze-imeyili ezinwetshiwe, ngamakhulu omama, ngokoqobo, abavele bedangele ngoba bebona izingane zabo ukuya empini, izingane abazi ukuthi ngeke zihlale. Futhi-ke kubuyela esitatimendeni sami sangaphambilini ukuthi amaphesenti angu-40 wabasebenzi abasha abenzi ukuthi adlule ngonyaka wabo wokuqala.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Futhi i-US iqhathanisa kanjani kulolu hlobo lwenqubo yezingane, lolu hlelo lwezempi, kwamanye amazwe?

I-PAT ELDER: Ngisho, akekho-olwazini lwami, abaseYurophu abavumeli abaqashi bangene ezikoleni. Niyazi, bayagubha ikhanda. Ngeke bakholwe. Bathibona njengelinye uhlobo lwe-Wild West edidekile. Singa. Ngakho-ke, sodwa phakathi kwamazwe omhlaba. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi uma ubheka futhi, ekukhoneni kukaCongress ukuthi sivuselele kabusha, ukuthi sithengisa kabusha izikhali ze-Army, kuhlanganise noM1911-i-M1911 ingalo yecala phakathi neVietnam. I-pistol ye-semiautomatic. Futhi-ke, inqubomgomo yohulumeni wase-United States yukuthi esikhundleni sokubhubhisa lezi pistol ezenzakalelayo-semiautomatic, kungaba ngcono ukuzithengisa kumanani esaphulelo kumphakathi waseMelika. Yilona indima yeCongress nge-Programme ye-Civilian Marksmanship Program. Yilokho engikuphendula ngakho.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Futhi zingaki izikole ezishilo ukuthi cha? Ngisho, bese ngibuyela emuva esikhathini seMpi YeVietnam, isenzo sezenzo ezizungeze ukukhahlela I-ROTC ngaphandle kwezikole. Futhi lokho kubonakala kanjani namuhla?

I-PAT ELDER: Kuyadabukisa. Ngisho, kukhona kakhulu, isenzo esincane kakhulu. Kunokumelana okuncane kakhulu. Ngokuyinhloko, izingane ziyashintsha. Futhi ingxenye enkulu, izingane ezisesikoleni esiphakeme ezigqoke lezi JROTC imifomu ihlonishwa kakhulu ngabanye abafundi. Bembatha umfaniswano wamabutho ahlomile, kanti izingane zihlelwe ukuba ziwabingelele futhi zibahloniphe, ngoba, ngemuva kwakho konke, sisekela amabutho ethu, akunjalo?

AMY U-GOODMAN: UPeter Wang, umfundi obonakala ezama ukusiza abanye abafundi, wayegqoke umfaniswano ogcwele lapho ehlaselwa.

I-PAT ELDER: Ngiyaqonda ukuthi i-Army imnika ukuhlonipha okugcwele. Ngakho lokhu kungenye isibonelo sezempi zobusha. Bazomphatha njengesosha eligcwele ekungcwabeni kwakhe. Kuyadabukisa. Ngikhathazekile. Lawa ngamawundlu. Kodwa lolu hlelo kufanele luphelelwe masinyane, futhi ikakhulukazi uhlelo lwama-markmanship.

AMY U-GOODMAN: Pho, Pat Elder, sifuna ukukubonga ngokuba nathi, umqondisi weNational Coalition ukuvikela Ubumfihlo Bomfundi, inhlangano evumelana nempi ezikoleni, umbhali we Ukuqashwa Kwezempi E-United States. Sizoxhumeka ku- Ucezu ukuthi ubhale nje, "JROTC, Ukuzimela Kwezempi Nokuqeqeshwa Kwezimbula Ezibulalayo. "

Lokhu Intando yeningi Manje! Ngingu Amy Goodman. Siyabonga ngokujoyina nathi. Uma ungathanda ukuya Ingxenye 1 kokuxoxisana kwethu noPat Elder, ungaya ku democracynow.org.