Nenguva dza3.30am musi wa23 Mbudzi 2013 bara rakarasika rakapwanya fafitera reimba muIndianapolis apo vaviri vakatarisa terevhizheni apo mwana wavo ane mwedzi miviri yokukura akarara. Murume wacho akachaira 911, nenzwi rokuvhunduka. "Ndinofanira kubva pano," akaudza mutumwa. "Ungatora mota kuti ndibude muno?"
"Ini ndinofunga kune akati wandei mapurisa atove uko," mutumwa akapindura, akadzikama. Marekodhi e911 anoratidza murume ari kufema zvakanyanya sezvaanotaura nemumwe wake. “Isa zvinhu zvacho mubhegi remwana. Zviwane mangwana. Tichatakura kuenda nayo kuhotera." Anokurudzira muparidzi kuti akurumidze kuvanunura kusvikira arasikirwa neshiviriro yake. "Vachasvika nekukurumidza sezvavanogona, zvakanaka?" anoti. “Sezvo. Nenguva isipi. As. Ivo. Inogona. OK? Ingogara mukati mefurati yako. Usabuda. Tichakutora mupurisa."
Mwedzi mina gare gare, muguta rimwe chetero, hofisi huru yepfuti yenyika, National Rifle Association, yakaita gungano rayo regore negore nechinyorwa chinoti “Mira Urwe”. Mukutaura mune zvakaenzana demagogic uye apocalyptic, CEO, Wayne LaPierre, akamutsa nyika munjodzi nekufa. “Kune magandanga nevanopindira mudzimba nezvikwata zvinotengesa zvinodhaka nevanoba motokari nevatambi vemitambo nezvibharo, vanovenga, mhondi dzepachikoro, mhondi dzepanhandare yendege … ndinokubvunza: unovimba kuti hurumende ichakudzivirira here? Tiri toga … Zvinhu zvatinonyanya kufunga nezvazvo zviri kuchinja… Ndosaka vanhu vekuAmerica vachiwanda vari kutenga pfuti nepfuti.”
Svondo chiitiko chinotyisa muLas Vegas ndiyo yaive 273rd kupfura kwevanhu vakawanda muAmerica gore rino. Kwave neimwe kubva ipapo, kuMiami, uko vanhu vana vakapfurwa pavaienda kumhiri kuchema mudzimai ane makore makumi matatu ekuberekwa akapfurwa akafa ari mumota yake svondo rapfuura.
Mubvunzo unogara uripo wekuti sei America ichiramba ichichengetedza mitemo yepfuti yakarembesa kana hutsinye hwakadai huchingogara husingagone kupindurwa nekufona kwemurume uyu aitya uye nemhinduro yaLaPierre. Kutya kwemurume uye kutya kwaLaPierre kwakabatana zvakanyanya. Kubatana uku kunopfuura kupfuura chombo pachacho, uye mitemo yezvidimbu inogona kuidzora, kune dzimwe ngano dzinokosheswa nenyika uye hutachiona hwakapararira. Kana rondedzero yenyika iri nyaya yekukunda, kutonga, simba uye simba, kusungirirwa kweatavistic kune pfuti kunogona kuve nekudhonza kwakawanda kupfuura nyaya ine musoro pairi.
Munharaunda inofungidzira kuzviriritira, pfuti inotaura kune munhu akasarudzika - munhu wega wega anofanira kuve nebasa rekuzviponesa. Mutsika yezvematongerwo enyika inofarira hurumende diki, pfuti inomira sechipopori kune nyika ine matanda uye isingashande - zvidzivirire, nekuti panguva iyo mapurisa anosvika ikoko unenge wafa. Inosimbisa imwe pfungwa yemurume uye imba - murume chaiye anofanira kukwanisa kuchengetedza mhuri yake neimba. Mutumwa akamuudza kuti agare uye amirire; the NRA akamuudza kuti amire arwe.
Asi ngano dzine simbawo. Izvo iyo pfuti lobby inoshaikwa muhupamhi hwetsigiro inogadzirisa mukudzika kwekuzvipira
Zvikumbiro zvepfuti izvi chokwadi hazvina maturo. Vanhu vazhinji vanouraiwa nepfuti kuzviuraya. Vanhu avo vane pfuti mumba zvinonyanya kuitika akapfurwa akafa pane vasingadaro. Kana dzimwe pfuti dzanyatsoita kuti uve wakachengeteka, America ingave imwe yenzvimbo dzakachengeteka pasi rose. Sezvo vari vana vanomwe kana vechidiki vanopfurwa vakafa paavhareji zuva rega rega. Kamwe pavhiki mwana mudiki anokuvadza munhu nepfuti.
Zvingave nyore kupa mhosva zvese izvi paNRA. Imba yekusvikira pfuti yanga iri pakati pekugadzira matombo kunyangwe gadziriso dzinokosha dze commonsense. Kugona kwayo kupemha nekutsigira vezvematongerwo enyika, munharaunda nemunyika, hakuenzaniswi. Imhaka yeNRA kuti vanhu vari parunyorwa rusina-nhunzi vachiri kugona kutenga pfuti uye zviripo hapana mari yehurumende yekutsvakurudza mune nzira yekudzivirira kufa kwepfuti.
Asi kunyangwe iyo NRA isingafanirwe kurerutswa, basa rayo harifanirwe kuwedzeredzwa zvakare. Kunyangwe ichihwina (kana kuvhara) mavhoti muCongress a huzhinji hunoenderana veAmerica vakabvunzurudzwa gore rino vanotenda kuti mitemo yepfuti inofanirwa kuomesera, kuti zviri nyore kutenga pfuti uye kuti kana vanhu vakawanda vakatakura pfuti America inenge isina kuchengetedzeka. Kana zvasvika pakutsigira kumashure cheki kune vese vanotenga pfuti pane pedyo-kusawirirana (94%). Iyo NRA ine simba rakawanda kwazvo muhutongi pane kufurira kunze kwayo.
Asi yakakwanisa kupinda mune mazhinji emisimboti yenyaya yakafararira yeAmerica nenzira iyo vamiriri vekudzora pfuti vasina. Hapana chinhu chisingadzivisiki pamusoro peizvi. Kana munhu wepfuti vakapfurwa vana muDunblane muna 1996 Britain yakasimbisa mitemo yayo yepfuti; apo mupfuri akamhanya amok muPort Arthur gore iroro Australia yakaita zvimwe chetezvo. Ndizvo zvinoita vanhu vakuru uye vanoteerera demokrasi. Asi muAmerica, kukumbira rusununguko, hurume, hurumende diki uye hunhu, kunyangwe paine zvikanganiso, vane zvakawanda kutenga kupfuura nharo dzekutarisa kumashure uye kurambidzwa kwezvombo, kunyangwe nharo idzodzo dzakarurama.
Dambudziko rinoenda kusvika kumusoro. Nemauto makuru kwazvo pasi rose kusvika kure, simba rakasviba rakanga riri dzidziso huru yeAmerican mutemo wekune dzimwe nyika Trump asati avimbisa kuburitsa "moto nehasha" pana Kim Jong-un. Paakapomerwa mhosva yekubvisa basa reAmerica pasi rose, Barack Obama (uyo aive ne "kill list") akadaira kunge mafia don. "Zvakanaka, Muammar Gaddafi pamwe haabvumirane neongororo iyi," akadaro. "Kana kuti dai aivepo, aisazobvumirana nekuongorora ikoko."
Kumba pfuti inoshevedzwa semusimboti wenyaya yekutanga yeAmerica uye kudzivirira kubva kune hudzvinyiriri. "Ndezvekuzvimirira uye rusununguko," David Britt, muridzi wepfuti, akanditsanangurira pagungano reNRA muna 2012. “Kana uine hutongi hwejekerere nevanhu vanoremekedzwa wobva wavimba nevagari vemunyika yako… MuEurope vanosiya kodzero dzavo nerusununguko kuhurumende dzavo. Asi isu tinofunga kuti hurumende inofanira kuzviisa pasi pedu. "
Idzi ngano, hongu, dzine chikamu. Munyika yakave inogoneka kuburikidza nekuparadza rudzi uye uranda, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, pfuti yaive pakati peimwe pfungwa yesimba rerudzi. Dai vanoda pfuti vainetsekana zvakanyanya nehudzvinyiriri hwehurumende vangadai vakafora pamwe chete nevaratidziri veBlack Lives Matter vachiratidzira kupfurwa nemapurisa uye vachidaidzira kuti nharaunda dzevarombo, dzevatema dzipiwe zvombo. Ndirwo rudzi rwehudzvanyiriri hwavanoshora.
Asi ngano dzine simbawo. Izvo iyo pfuti lobby inoshaikwa muhupamhi hwetsigiro inogadzirisa mukudzika kwekuzvipira. Muna 2013 - mushure mekupfura kweSandy Hook - vamiriri vepfuti zvingangoitika zvakanyanya kugovera mari kuboka rinotsigira pfuti kana kuti kuonana nomukuru mukuru wehurumende pamusoro pepfuti kupfuura avo vanotsigira kudzora pfuti. Vatsigiri vepfuti, kazhinji, vanoda kuchinja mitemo. Vatsigiri vekodzero dzepfuti, kazhinji, vanotenda kuti vari kuchengetedza "chokwadi chakakosha" chinoita kuti nyika ive zvayave. Varatidza kuti vanokurudzirwa nekuti nguva refu mushure mezviitiko zvinoshungurudza kubva kuVegas ndangariro dziri kure, ngano idzi dzinoramba dzakajeka.
Vanhu vekuAmerica vanoda mitemo mitsva yepfuti. Asi kuti vavawane vachatotanga kuzvitaurira nyaya itsva pamusoro penyika yairi, yave uye yainoda kuva. Hupenyu hwavo hunotsamira pazviri.
Gary Mudiki ndiye mupepeti-akakura weiyo Guardian. Bhuku rake razvino, Rimwe Zuva muRufu rweAmerica, rakabudiswa naGuardian Faber, rabuda izvozvi. Twitter: @garyyounge
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