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Why can't help shooting in America?

Original title: foreign media: why is it so difficult for us to control guns?

On the night of October 1 local time (Beijing Time 2), a major shooting occurred in the western city of Las Vegas. So far, the shooting has killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500.

The shooting is the largest casualties in modern American history. The FBI said there was no evidence that the shooting was related to international terrorist organizations.

After the Las Vegas shooting, there is no doubt that the discussion on gun control in the United States will continue for a while. But as time goes by, attention to guns will fall.

"Why is it so difficult to control guns in the United States?" was published on the website of France Radio International, saying that "gun control" is not "gun ban". 'banning guns' is a myth in America. Don't even think about it. So, why is' gun control 'so difficult?

This is because all issues related to gun control will violate the second amendment of the US Constitution, which gives Americans inviolable gun ownership rights, and encounter obstacles from Republicans and some Democrats who firmly uphold American gun ownership rights.

The second amendment to the constitution of the United States (December 15, 1791) clearly states that: 'the orderly management of the militia is necessary for the security of a free country, so the right of the people to own and carry weapons is inviolable. '

Therefore, the focus of gun debate in the United States is how to use and manage guns, not whether private ownership of guns should be explicitly prohibited.

In addition, there is a powerful and invincible gun holding organization, the American Rifle Association (NAR).

According to the article, the American Rifle Association, which has 4 million members and has a history of more than 140 years, calls itself the "champion of the second amendment of the constitution", and is the spokesman of the American gun manufacturing industry and the interests of gun enthusiasts. To repeal or modify it, you need to meet very strict terms. Either a two-thirds majority of the house and Senate passed, and three-quarters of the States approved it, or two-thirds of the state parliaments proposed a constitutional convention. The latter has never happened in American history.

At present, the association has more than 4 million members and an estimated 10 million potential members, making it the largest single issue interest group in the United States. What the association did was for one purpose - to strangle all possible gun control in the cradle. They have strong economic strength, spare no effort to lobby members, making several gun control laws in the history of the United States aborted.

Historically, eight American presidents are members of the American Rifle Association, including Nixon and Reagan. President Reagan, who was in power in the 1980s, passed the law on the protection of arms owners during his term of office, which is regarded as a "serious retrogression of American gun control". When Reagan was shot shortly after he came to power, he left behind a famous saying: "it's not gun killing, it's human killing", which has been taken as a standard by opponents of gun control.

So how many guns do Americans hold at present? This is a hard to confirm data. Different estimates believe that there are 270 million to 310 million guns in the country.

Those who support more gun control believe that such a large amount of gun support and convenient gun purchase channels are one of the main reasons for the high murder rate and indiscriminate killing in the United States.

Meanwhile, according to a Pew Research Center poll, half of Americans think it's more important to control the people who own guns, while 47% think it's more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns. On the issue of guns, an important factor that has a far-reaching impact on public attitudes is, in the final analysis, the American people's views on the role of government and individual rights.

Spain's Le Monde website once said that in the eyes of any American arms dealer, the shooting means greater business opportunities - even the largest shooting incident in the history of the United States. They are not worried that the government will control the sale of weapons, but rather that fear will prompt Americans to buy more and more self-defense weapons, which are becoming more and more deadly.