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Ma ʻApelila 20, 1999, ua komo nā haumāna ʻelua i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Columbine ma Colorado me nā ʻaʻahu a me nā mea kaua no ke kaua. I ka pau ana, ua make he 12 hoa haumana a me 1 kumu, a he mau helu hou aku i eha. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka pana mua maoli ma ke kula US, ua ʻike nui ʻia ka pepehi kanaka ʻo Columbine ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaka o ka makahiki o ka hana ʻino i loko o ke kula i hoʻonui i ka weliweli i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻEiwa mau lā ma hope o Columbine, ua mālama ka National Rifle Association (NRA) i kāna ʻaha makahiki he mau mile wale nō ma ke alanui ma Denver. Aloha mai e lehulehu o ka poe kokua hoomalu pu, Ua haʻi ka pelekikena o NRA a me ka mea hoʻokani mua ʻo Charlton Heston, "ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou, ʻaʻole pono mākou e ʻae i ka pōʻino e hoʻoneʻe ʻia i ka mea laʻa loa, lanakila paʻakikī i ka mōʻaukala."
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Heston ka mana o ka pū i kona wehewehe ʻana i "ka mea loaʻa loa, lanakila paʻakikī i ka mōʻaukala," ʻaʻole ʻo "ola," ʻo kekahi kuleana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma nā palapala hoʻokumu like. ʻO Bog-standard NRA logic, kēia manaʻo alakaʻi i ka hui a me ka hoʻolālā ʻO kahi pūʻali o nā mea kamaʻilio pro-gun, me ka hāʻawi mau ʻana i nā "manaʻo a me nā pule" i ka wā e pau ai nā kino i ka hāʻule.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua kamaʻilio hou ʻo Heston i ka ʻaha NRA, i kēia manawa ma Charlotte. Hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo ia i kahi pu pu ahi kahiko ma luna o kona poʻo, ua hoʻōho ka mea keaka, "Mai koʻu lima anu a make!" Ua lilo ka laina i kāna ʻōlelo hopu a hiki i kona hoʻomaha ʻana i ka makahiki 2003.
ʻAʻole i lawe ka poʻe pepehi kanaka Columbine i nā pu raifela i loko o ia kula. Ma waena o lākou, ua lawe mai lākou i ka pū panapana 995 carbine model Hi-Point, kahi pū pana pana ʻo Savage 311-D ʻoki ʻelua, kahi pu pana pana ʻo Savage-Springfield 67H, a me kahi pū pana semiautomatic TEC-DC9 9-mm. . Inā i loaʻa kēia mau mea kaua i ka makahiki o ka flintlock, ua kākau ʻia paha ka Hoʻololi ʻElua ma ka ʻōlelo ʻoi loa.
He ʻumikūmākolu mau makahiki ma hope mai, he 11 mau lā ma mua o ka Kalikimaka, ua hele kekahi kanaka pū i ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo Sandy Hook ma Connecticut a wehe i ke ahi me kahi pū pu Bushmaster XM-15 E2s a me kahi pū lima Glock 20SF, ma hope o ka pepehi ʻana i kona makuahine i kona home me kahi pu Rifle Savage Mark II. .
I ka pau ʻana, ua make ka mea pana ma kona lima ponoʻī, me 20 mau keiki a me 6 mau limahana kula. Kokoke o na keiki make he 6 makahiki. Ua paʻakikī kekahi mau ʻike no ka mea ua puhi ʻia ko lākou mau maka. Ua ʻike ʻia ka hapa nui i loko o kahi lumi ʻauʻau, kahi i ʻimi ai lākou me kā lākou mau kumu. Ma hope mai, ua hoʻokō ʻia ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hana i nā kānāwai hoʻomalu pū hou me ke kūʻē ikaika ʻana e ka NRA, a ua lanakila ʻia ma ka Senate ʻehā mahina ma hope o ka pepehi kanaka ʻoiai e hauʻoli ana i ke kākoʻo lehulehu.
I ka malama o Feberuari o keia makahiki, ua haawiia na ohana o Sandy Hook i $73 miliona ma na poho e ka aha kivila e ku e ia Remington, ka mea nana i hana i ka pu raifela Bushmaster i hoohana ia i ka pana. "ʻO ia ka uku nui loa i kēia manawa ma kahi hihia e pili ana i ka pana pū me ka mea hana pū," e like me i ʻO ka New York Times. Ua hoʻopiʻi nā ʻaha hoʻokolokolo i ka manaʻo kipi ʻo Alex Jones no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka moʻolelo hoʻoweliweli i hana ʻia ke kiʻi ʻana a ʻo ka poʻe make he poʻe keaka.
ʻAʻohe hoʻāʻo nui ua hana ʻia e hoʻopaʻa i nā kānāwai pū federal mai Sandy Hook.
ʻEono mau makahiki ma hope o Sandy Hook, ua komo kekahi kanaka pū i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Marjory Stoneman Douglas ma Parkland, Florida. I ka pau ana o kana, ua waiho make na haumana he 17 a he 14 hou i eha. ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua i hoʻoulu i ka nalu o ka hana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka poʻe ʻōpio, ʻoi aku ma mua o 311,000 o lākou i kēia manawa ua ʻike pilikino i nā hana ʻino i loko o kā lākou mau kula mai Columbine. Ma waena o ka poʻe hoʻoikaika leo nui loa, ʻo ia ka poʻe i pakele i ka pana ʻana o Parkland, ka mea i hoʻolaha ma ka ʻāina e koi ana i ka loli. ʻAʻohe hoʻololi i hiki mai.
He ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope o Sandy Hook, i nehinei wale nō, ua hele kekahi kanaka pū i ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo Robb ma Uvalde, Texas. Ma mua o ka pana ʻia ʻana e nā mākaʻi pane ʻana, ua make nā haumāna 19 a me 2 kumu. ʻAʻole i ʻike maopopo ʻia kona kumu a me nā mea kaua āna i hoʻohana ai, akā ua ʻike ʻia ua kūʻai ʻo ia i nā mea kaua nona ma ke kānāwai i kona lā hānau 18.
Hiki mai ka weliweli Uvalde ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o kahi kahe koko ʻē aʻe, i kēia manawa ma kahi hale kūʻai ma kahi kaiāulu ʻeleʻele ma Buffalo, New York, ʻewalu mau lā i hala. ʻO ka mea pana, he supremacist keʻokeʻo i hoʻohiki ʻia, ua pepehi i 10 mau kānaka ma mua o ka paʻa ʻana e nā mākaʻi. Ua kapa ʻia ke ʻano he "hoʻoweliweli kūloko."
Entropy. Hoʻohaʻahaʻa. Pilikia. Hāneʻe. ʻAʻole me ka puʻupuʻu, akā me ka ʻūhū ʻana o ke keiki papa ʻekolu ma mua o ka paʻi ʻana mai ka maw pōʻeleʻele o kahi pahu pū i loko o kā lākou lumi papa.
Ma ka Pōʻalima, e mālama ka NRA i kāna ʻaha makahiki ma Houston. ʻO ka Pelekikena mua ʻo Donald Trump, ʻO Texas Gov. Greg Abbott a ʻo Texas Sen. Ted Cruz i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau mea haʻiʻōlelo. "E like me ka NRA, ke mālama nei ka Secret Service i ke keʻena i ka wā o ka haʻi ʻōlelo a Trump a ke pāpā nei i ka poʻe i hele mai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pū, nā mea kaua a me nā pahi," hoike NPR. "ʻAʻole e ʻae ʻia nā pū, nā kuhikuhi laser, nā ʻōpala pepa, nā pū pāʻani, nā ʻeke a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. E ʻimi ka Secret Service i ka poʻe i hele mai me nā magnetometers ma mua o ko lākou komo ʻana i ke keʻena, wahi a ka NRA.
Ma kahi o 35 mau kānaka ma ʻAmelika pepehi kanaka me ka pu nā lā āpau. Ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 550 mau pana kula ma US mai Columbine. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā pū ma mua o ka poʻe ma US, a ma kahi palena nui. I kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻokō ʻia ai kekahi o kēia mau luku, e piʻi aʻe ke kūʻai ʻana i nā pū e like me ka NRA a me nā pūʻulu pū ʻē aʻe e ʻōlelo aku nei i nā mea kākoʻo pū e hele mai ana ke aupuni no kā lākou mea kaua. ʻAʻohe mea, a hiki i kēia lā, hiki ke ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā pū. Mokuʻāina ma hope o ka mokuʻāina - ʻO Texas loa - ua hoʻoholo i nā kānāwai e maʻalahi ai ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kaua huna me ka ʻole o ka ʻae.
"Ua hoʻokuʻu ka FBI i nā ʻikepili weliweli e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi wikiwiki ʻana o nā pana lehulehu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka Pōʻakahi, hoʻokahi lā ma mua o ka luku ʻia ma Uvalde, Texas," hoike ka manawa. "Ua hōʻike ka ʻoihana i nā hoʻouka kaua 61 'active shooter' i 2021 i pepehi i 103 poʻe a hōʻeha i 130 mau mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia ka huina makahiki kiʻekiʻe loa mai ka makahiki 2017 i ka wā i make ai ka poʻe 143, a he mau haneli hou aʻe i hōʻeha ʻia, nā helu i hoʻonui ʻia e ka sniper attack ma ka Las Vegas Strip i ʻOkakopa o kēlā makahiki.
Ua loaʻa i nā Democrats kānāwai hoʻomalu pū wikiwiki i ka pane ana i na hanana ma Uvalde, a hiki ke malamaia na balota ma ka Poaha. ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana naʻe, ʻaneʻane make. Pono nā bila he 60 mau balota e hoʻopau i ka cloture, a ʻoiai ʻo Minority Leader Mitch McConnell e "weliweli a puʻuwai" no ka hana ʻino ma ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻē aʻe, ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka helu "A+" mai ka NRA. Aneane e hiki mai ana ʻaʻohe kākoʻo koʻikoʻi o ka Repubalika no ke kānāwai i manaʻo ʻia, hou.
Entropy. Hoʻohaʻahaʻa. Pilikia. Hāneʻe.
Aia ma nā wahi a pau a mākou e nānā ai i kēia manawa. ʻO ka hoʻomāinoino pū, ka pōʻino o ke aniau, kahi "pūnaewele" mālama ola kino i hōʻike ʻia e kahi maʻi maʻi hiki ke pale ʻia, kahi ākea ākea a ākea ma waena o nā waiwai a me nā mea ʻole, ka hana ʻino i kēlā me kēia lā o ka racism institutionalized, sexism a me ka homophobia: Ua hoʻopuni ʻia mākou a i hoʻopili ʻia e nā kūlana weliweli e ʻaneʻane e ulu aʻe ana.
Aia nā hoʻonā i kēia mau maʻi āpau, akā ʻo kekahi o nā hana nui no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hapa nui o ia mau hopena - ʻo ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa i ka entropy a me ka maʻi ʻino loa. ʻOiai ʻo ka poʻe Repubalika e lawe i ke kaumaha nui o ka hewa no 23 mau makahiki o ka hana ʻole ʻana i nā pepehi kanaka kula, aia nā Democrats i kā lākou mau pono ponoʻī e hakakā ai.
ʻO nā leka maikaʻi ʻole a me ka makaʻu i ka hakakā ua hōʻailona nui i kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana i kēia mau makahiki lōʻihi a koko. ʻEhā mau Democrats i koho pū me Republicans e pepehi i ka bila hoʻomalu pū ma hope o Sandy Hook, a ʻo Democrat Joe Manchin e hōʻole mau ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka filibuster inā ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka pio ʻana o kēia pōʻai kānāwai hou loa. "ʻO ka filibuster ka mea wale nō e pale iā mākou mai ka pupule loa," ʻo ia haʻiʻia nā mea hoʻolaha ma ka Pōʻalua. ʻO ia, e like me kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei, ʻo ia.
Entropy. Hoʻohaʻahaʻa. Pilikia. Hāneʻe. ʻAʻole me ka puʻupuʻu, akā me ka ʻūhū ʻana o ke keiki papa ʻekolu ma mua o ka paʻi ʻana mai ka maw pōʻeleʻele o kahi pahu pū i loko o kā lākou lumi papa. ʻAʻohe kōkua e hele mai, ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻi i ke kānāwai. Nā manaʻo a me nā pule. A hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā aupuni, ke hele nei kēia ma ke ʻano haumia e like me ka mōʻaukala.
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