Abazali kunye namalungu osapho lwabantwana ababulawa kukudubula kwesikolo samabanga aphantsi e-Uvalde, eTexas, benze umboniso phambi kwendlu kaGov. Greg Abbott (R) kusasa ngentsasa yangoMgqibelo, befuna ukuba abize iseshoni ekhethekileyo yendlu yowiso-mthetho ukushukuxa udushe lwemipu. .
Amalungu entsapho, athelelwa ngamalungu ombutho wohlengahlengiso lwemipu iMarch for Our Lives, ahlanganisana malunga nentsimbi ye-5:15 kusasa ngoMgqibelo bekhalazela ukungasebenzi kwerhuluneli. Abanye babazali babephethe imifanekiso yabantwana babo ababuleweyo. Baphinde badlale umsindo wabantwana babo behleka kwaye bedlala ngesandisi-lizwi, bema ngamanye amaxesha bekhwaza amagama abantwana babo kwaye begxeka ukwala kuka-Abbott ukukhuthaza umthetho wohlengahlengiso lwemipu emva kokudubula kukaMeyi. kwabulawa abantwana abali-19 nabafundisi-ntsapho ababini.
“Abantwana bethu babuyela esikolweni baze babuze ukuba, ‘Ngaba mna ndiza kulandela?’” utshilo uJavier Cazares, intombi yakhe uJackie yayiphakathi kwabo babulawa ngokudutyulwa.
Amalungu osapho afuna ukuba uAbbott abize iseshoni ekhethekileyo yendlu yowiso-mthetho ukukhulisa iminyaka yokuthenga imipu kunye nezinye izixhobo ezizenzekelayo ukusuka kwi-18 ukuya kwi-21.
“Anikhathali, niyikhathalele kakhulu imipu yethu kunabantwana bethu…Siyayikhumbula, kwaye siza kuqinisekisa ukuba niyakwenza njalo,” watsho uBrett Cross, umalume kunye nomgcini osemthethweni ka-Uziyah Garcia, owabulawa kwindyikityha yokufa.
Uqhanqalazo lwasekuseni lwalandelwa luqhanqalazo olukhulu kumanyathelo esakhiwo sikarhulumente saseCapitol, apho amalungu osapho aqhubeka nokubiza uhlaziyo lwemipu, kubandakanya no-Ann Rodriguez, umama wexhoba lokudubula uMaite Rodriguez.
“Ndifuna ukukwazi ukuthetha ngaye kodwa ndithethe nangendlela ubomi bakhe obuthathwe ngokungenantsingiselo ngulo mntwana uneminyaka eli-18 ubudala okwazileyo ukuthenga ezi zixhobo zemfazwe kunye neembumbulu, kwaye ndifuna ukuba iminyaka ihambe. kwiseshoni ekhethekileyo,” uRodriguez xelelwe i-NPR. "Andizukubuza - ndiza kufuna."
Isithethi sika-Abbott sibhale nge-imeyile kuye HuffPost ukuba irhuluneli ishiya "zonke iinketho" etafileni ukujongana nobundlobongela bompu, kwaye "izibhengezo ezininzi zilindeleke kwiintsuku neeveki ezizayo njengoko indlu yowiso-mthetho iceba izisombululo ezicetywayo."
U-Abbott uzikhabile izicelo ezisemthethweni yi Uvalde City Council, kwiNkundla yeeKomishinala County, kunye nebhodi yesikolo Uvalde ukubamba iseshoni ekhethekileyo ngalo mba. Uye waxelela amalungu osapho lwase-Uvalde ngokuthe ngqo ukuba ukuphakamisa iminyaka yokuthenga imipu yohlaselo kuya kuba kungqubana nomgaqo-siseko kwaye amanyathelo okujongana nempilo yengqondo kufuneka agxininise ekunciphiseni inani lokudutyulwa kwabantu abaninzi.
Kodwa iingcali zithi amabango asekunene athi ukudubula kwabantu abaninzi kuqhutywa sisifo sengqondo ukususa ugxininiso ekubambeni abavelisi bemipu kunye nabawisi-mthetho ukuba baphendule, kwaye kunokuba neziphumo ezibi kubantu abagula ngengqondo.
UBrent Teasdale, unjingalwazi wezobulungisa kwiYunivesithi yasePennsylvania State, noMiranda Lynne wabhala wathi: “Abantu abanezigulo zengqondo abanokufikelela imipu abanakufane babe nogonyamelo kunabantu abahlala kwindawo enye abangenazo izifo zengqondo. U-Baumann, ngoko ke wayengumgqatswa wobugqirha kwiYunivesithi yaseGeorgia kumthetho wolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nenkqubo yolwaphulo-mthetho, kwinqaku 2018 for Thunti.
Ukubeka izithintelo kubantu abaneengxaki zempilo yengqondo kunokukhokelela abantu ukuba baphephe ukufuna unyango, bongeze watsho.
“Ngokuqinisekileyo kukho ukuphikisana okuza kwenziwa ukuze kususwe okwexeshana ukufikelela kompu kubantu abanengxaki yempilo yengqondo,” bongeze watsho uTeasdale noBaumann. “Nangona kunjalo, isoyikiso sokuphulukana ngokusisigxina kwelungelo lomntu loLungiso lweSibini sinokubangela ukwenzakala. Abantu banokuluphepha unyango kuba besoyika ukuphulukana nemipu yabo.”
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