nguPat Elder, November 26, 2017
Ngenkathi iCongress ivumile uMthetho weNational Authorization Act (NDAA) ngonyaka ka-Novemba, it ugunyaze ukudayiswa Amaposti aseMelika ayesebenza emphakathini.
Ama-8,000 .45 amabhasi amancane we-M1911 azotholakala ku-2018 no-10,000 ku-2019. Ngemuva kwalokho, isitoreji esisele se-100,000 izikhali ezisele ezempi zingase zitholakale ukuthenga.Izentengiso zizokwenziwa ngokusebenzisa i-congressionally-chartered Uhlelo lwezokuPhathwa kwamaSulumanenoma i-CMP.
UMongameli Obama uthole indumiso ye-NRA ngesikhathi esayina i-NDAA eminyakeni emibili edlule. Isilinganiso igunyaziwe i-Army ukuyikhululela ku-10,000 ye-100,000 eyengeziwe engaphezulu kwe-1911 ku-CMP phakathi nohlelo lomshayeli wonyaka owodwa. Ngokusobala u-Obama uvimbele ukudluliselwa kwezikhali ngemuva kokuba i-Army ibuze ukudayiswa kwezingodo ezingekho "ezingathandeki" ze-100,000, ezibiza ngokuthi "izibhamu ezidumile zobugebengu."
UMnyango Wezobulungisa ka-Obama ushicilele a iphepha, etholakala ngu Huffington Post, bethi izibhamu zizogcina zihlome izigebengu. I-DOJ yathi, “Umbutho wezempi ukhathazekile ngokulahleka kokuphendula kwezikhali ngemuva kokudluliselwa ku-CMP; ukwandisa ububanzi bomsebenzi we-CMP ukufaka izibhamu; kanye nemithelela engemihle engaba khona ekuphepheni komphakathi kusukela kunani elikhulu lezibhamu ezingazenzakaleli nezifihlwayo ezizokhishwa ukuze zithengwe ngumphakathi. ” Umbutho wezempi ucaphune izibalo ze-DOJ ezilandelele isilinganiso esilinganiselwa ku-1,800 Colt .45s ezisetshenziswa ebugebengwini minyaka yonke kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, kufaka phakathi inani elikhulu lalezozibhamu ezazingaphezulu kwezempi.
UNobhala weMpi kaMengameli uTrump Thomas Esper, owayengumongameli weRaytheon ophezulu, kulindeleke ukuba alandise ngokushesha ukuthunyelwa kwamaphini aphuma ku-Anniston, Alabama Army Depot eya emnyangweni we-CMP wangasese, futhi u-Anniston. Izibhamu eziningi zigcinwe kusitoreji kusukela ku-1985 lapho i-Army ishintshe i-M1911 ne-Beretta M9. Ukuhlolwa okuhlakisayo kwabathengisi abaningi be-gun ku-intanethi kubonisa ukuthi i-Colt 45 ye-vintage iyatholakala kusuka ku-$ 500 ibe ngaphezu kwe-$ 2,000 eyodwa. Ku-$ 500 ngayinye, i-CMP ingadla imali engu-$ 50 million.
I-CMP ibuye isakaze izibhamu zempi kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo ku-1903, nakuba lesi yisikhathi sokuqala inhlangano ivunyelwe yiCongress ukudayisa izibhamu. I-CMP yasungulwa njengenhlangano yeCongress ku-1903, ngokusobala ukuqeqesha izakhamizi zaseMelika ngokumaketha. Ku-1996, iCongress yabuyiselwa kabusha i-CMP njenge-private-owned, non-profitCorporation ye-Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearm Safety, Inc. I-CMP iyinhlangano encane yezingalo nezinhlamvu ezithengisa izikhali zempi ezilahliwe ezithengisweni zamanani emphakathini.
Ngenkathi iCongress ibeka eceleni i-ejensi ku-1996 ngemuva kwamaRiphabliki alawula ukubili, uSenator Paul Simon (D-IL) wachaza i-CMP ngokuthi "okungaqondakali, okungenakuziphendulela, okuphazamisayo kokubambisana kwe-NRA.
USimon wahlangana neNew Jersey Democrat uFrank Lautenberg ezama ukumisa ukudluliselwa kwezibhamu nezinhlamvu ezivela e-Army kuya enhlanganweni entsha yangasese. "I-CPM ..] ikheshi, izikhali, nezinhlamvu ezibhekene nezibhamu ezizimele, ngenxa yamandla we-NRA," kusho uSimon. I-Army kufanele ibhubhise izikhali ezingekho emthethweni, kusho uSimon.
Ngo-1999, kwatholakala ukuthi i-CMP yayithengise budedengu izibhamu ezifika ku-2,000 1 cishe kunoma ngubani. I-GAO ithole ukuthi i-CMP yehlulekile ukulandela izinyathelo abathengi abangatholwa benecala ngazo. USenen Lautenberg ukhale ngokuthi, "Uphenyo lwe-GAO lukhombisile ukuthi ukwenza izinto ngasese kusho ukuphela kokuphathwa kwamasosha kubathengi bezibhamu, ngakho-ke ngisho nezigebengu zingathenga izibhamu ze-M-XNUMX."
Ukwakhiwa kwe-CMP evuselelwe ngo-1996 kuphakamisa imibuzo maqondana negunya leCongress lokwenza izindima ezizimele ezikahulumeni ngokwemvelo. I-CMP ihlukile ngoba ibamba umugqa phakathi komphakathi nolwangasese. Lapho inkampani ichitheka, izimpahla zayo kufanele zihlanganiswe noMgcinimafa wase-US. Kodwa-ke, i-CMP yasungulwa "njengenhlangano ezimele, hhayi umnyango, i-ejensi, noma insimbi kaHulumeni wase-United States." Yonke le nto iqale ngezizathu ezingatshazwa ngokusemthethweni.
Ngokusho kwalo Ifomu le-2014 990, i-Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearm Safety, Inc. inempahla engu- $ 222.7 million futhi iphethe ama- $ 166.8 million kwizibambiso ezithengiswa esidlangalaleni. Ithole izikhali ezingama- $ 17.9 million kuhulumeni wesifundazwe ngo-2014 futhi ithole cishe ama- $ 100 wezigidi ngezibhamu nama-ammo phakathi neminyaka emi-5 kusuka ngo-2010 kuya ku-2014.
I-CMP i-990 ithi le nhlangano iqala ikharityhulam yokuthola izimpawu zokufundisa nokuphepha, izitimela kanye nokuqinisekisa abaqeqeshi be-JROTC, ihlola izikhungo zokubhebheza esikoleni esiphakeme, "ngaphandle kwezindleko kuhulumeni." Le nkampani yachitha u-$ 257,000 nje kuphela ezintweni ezingenhla, ngaphansi isinxephezelo se-$ 381,000 esitholwa nguSihlalo wayo kanye noMphathi Omkhulu, uJudith A Legerski. I-corporation isebenzisa isilinganiso se-$ 142 ngohlelo lokudubula esikoleni esiphakeme ekuphepheni nasekuhloleni ngenkathi kuvela emlilweni ngokuvumela ukuhogela ukuhogela ehambisana nezigaba zokudubula.
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UPat Elder ukhonza eKomidini Lokuxhumanisa lika World Beyond War futhi ungumbhali we Ukuqashwa Kwezempi E-United States.
