Kuleli sonto eledlule kube nokudumala okukhulu ezigidini zabantu baseMelika abanethemba lomthetho wezibhamu eSenate. Umholi weningi leSenate uHarry Reid uthathe isinqumo sokungakufaki ukuvinjelwa kwezikhali zokuhlasela ekulawuleni ngokuphelele izibhamu ngenxa yokuntuleka kwamavoti. Kodwa-ke, i-Obama Administration iqinisekisa ukuthi uMongameli usakweseka ukuvinjelwa kwezikhali zokuhlasela futhi unxuse iSenethi ukuthi livote esidlangalaleni esiphakamisweni sokuqeda "izikhali zempi" emigwaqweni yaseMelika njengesichibiyelo.
Kulabo abakholelwa ngokweqiniso ukuthi ukudubula okungenasidingo kwezingane zesikole ezingama-20 iningi lazo ezineminyaka engu-6 esibhicongweni saseSandy Hook ngoDisemba 2012 kungaba yiphuzu kubenzi bomthetho base-US ukuthi ekugcineni bathole ucingo lokuvuka ekusungulweni kwemithetho yezibhamu enomthwalo wemfanelo nenengqondo, lokhu kwaba ukushaqeka, ngisho okuncane.
Kuzodingekani ngempela ukuze kube nemithetho eqinile yezibhamu e-US? Yini enye okudingeka yenzeke? Bangaki abantu abangenacala ngaphezulu okudingeka badutshulwe njengezisulu zobugebengu noma ngenxa yezingozi ezihlobene nezibhamu? Nokho, ngokwezibalo ezishaqisayo zeHuffington Post eyanyatheliswa ngo-March 22, 2013 ezinsukwini ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalombili kulandela ukudubula kweSandy Hook, izibhamu zibulale okungenani abantu abangu-2,244 ngenxa yokubulawa kwabantu noma izingozi ezihlobene nezibhamu. Futhi nokho, akukabi khona ngisho nokuvinjelwa kwezikhali zokuhlasela, ingasaphathwa eyezinye izixazululo ezinengqondo, ezinobuntu kule nkinga ekhula njalo e-United States.
Ngokuphambene ngokuphawulekayo ne-United States, iBrithani iye yaphasisa imithetho yezibhamu enomthwalo wemfanelo nenengqondo. Inemithetho eqinile yezibhamu eYurophu ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokubulawa kwabantu. Abenzi bomthetho baseBrithani bathathe isinyathelo futhi bathole lokho abenzi bomthetho e-US abamane benqabe ukukwenza. Lokhu kwenzeka kakhulu ngenxa yokuhlanganiswa kwezizathu endaweni ethile phakathi kwencazelo eyiphutha enkulu yamalungelo ezakhamuzi ngokusekelwe Kuchibiyelo Lwesibili kanye nokwesaba (noma iminikelo yezombusazwe eyamukelwa) evela) ku-National Rifle Association.
Kuthathe ukudubula kwabantu abaningi kabili ukuthi iBrithani iguqule kakhulu imithetho yayo yezibhamu ukuze kwakhiwe umphakathi ophephile. Ngemuva kwesibhicongo saseHungerford sango-1987, izikhali ezizenzakalelayo zavalwa. Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, izibhamu zezandla zavalwa futhi ngemva kokudubula kwesikole saseDunblane. Ukubulawa kwezingane zesikole eziyishumi nesithupha kwaba inguquko emlandweni wokulawulwa kwezibhamu kwaseBrithani. Kube nomuzwa ojulile wokungalandeli indlela yesiko lesibhamu saseMelika. Ngokufanelekile. IBrithani akulona kuphela izwe laseYurophu eliqinise imithetho yalo yezibhamu ngemuva kokubulawa kwabantu ngesihluku. IFinland, iFrance, iJalimane, iPortugal neDenmark zonke zikwenze kwaba nzima ukuba nesibhamu eminyakeni yamuva.
Ayikho inhlanhla enjalo e-US. Futhi ngokuphambene nokuphikisana njalo nokulawulwa kwezibhamu (ake sikhohlwe ukuvinjelwa kulokhu kuphila) ukuthi imithetho yezibhamu yaseBrithani ayivikelwe yiSichibiyelo Sesibili noma ukuthi yizwe elincane kakhulu elinabantu abaphansi kakhulu, ingxabano lapha ayiphathelene nokuqhathanisa amalungelo omthethosisekelo noma inani labantu kanye nobukhulu. Iphuzu limane nje liwumthetho wemfanelo kanye nemithetho ephusile evikela umphakathi. Lapho izingane zibulawa ngokungenaluzwela oshayasibhamu abahlanya abakwazi ukufinyelela kalula izikhali zokuhlasela njengamasosha futhi abezomthetho benqaba ukuma ngokumelene nalobu buhlanya obuphelele, kukhona okungalungile kakhulu, ukunganaki nokungakhathaleli lolu hlelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, Isichibiyelo Sesibili asizange siqinisekise amalungelo okuphatha nokusebenzisa izikhali futhi ngokuqinisekile asikaze sihloselwe ukudala umphakathi lapho ukudubula sekuyinsakavukela khona. Futhi, izibalo ziyazikhulumela. Ngo-2009, iBrithani yaba nokufa kwabantu abangu-138; ngawo lowo nyaka, i-US yayicishe ibe ngu-10,000. Inani labantu base-US liphindwe kahlanu kunobukhulu base-United Kingdom. Umlayezo ucacile.
IBrithani ihlukene ne-United States mayelana nezindaba zokulawulwa kwezibhamu ngezindlela abantu baseMelika abaningi abangazithola ziphazamisa. Isibonelo, ukuhlolwa kwamaphoyisa ezingxenyeni eziningi zase-UK kufaka iphoyisa elivakashela ikhaya lalowo ongase abe nomnikazi welayisensi yesibhamu ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi ikhabethe lezibhamu livikelekile. Eqinisweni, kulo lonke elaseYurophu, ubunikazi bezibhamu bubhekwa njengelungelo kunokuba kube ilungelo nemithetho eqinile elandelwayo. Ukubuyela ephuzwini lemithetho engase ibhekwe njengento ephazamisayo eholela ekuphathweni kwezibhamu e-US, uma kuyilokho okudingekayo ukusindisa izimpilo, makube njalo.
Ukucaphuna uThomas L. Friedman, intatheli nombhali ovelele:
"Emhlabeni wami, awukwazi ukuzibiza ngokuthi "i-pro-life" futhi uphikisana nokulawulwa kwezibhamu - njengokuvimbela ukufinyelela komphakathi ohlotsheni lwesibhamu sokuhlasela esizenzakalelayo, esiklanyelwe impi, esisetshenziswe kamuva nje eColorado. ishashalazi.”
Ngakho-ke, mhlawumbe incazelo yalokho okubhekwa ngokuthi "i-pro-life" idinga ukubhekwa kabusha e-United States. Akufanele yini i-pro-life inwebe ngaphezu kwemithetho emelene nokuhushula isisu? Kungani abenzi bomthetho base-US belindele ezinye izinhlekelele zohlobo lwe-Sandy Hook ukuthi zenzeke?
