Ngo-Jan. 9, 2018, idolobha laseTroy, e-Alabama, kanye nombusi wezwe babe nesimemezelo esikhulu: UKimber Manufacturing, umkhiqizi wezibhamu ozinze eNew York, wayekhula - futhi wakhetha uTroy ukwakha imboni ka-$38 million ezodala amathuba emisebenzi angama-366.
U-Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey embule enkulumweni yakhe Yesimo Sezwe ngalolo suku lapho isivumelwano sase siphothuliwe, ejabulela ukuthi ukufika kwesikhungo sokukhiqiza izibhamu sase-Alabama kwakungaphezu kwezomnotho:
Kunemisebenzi emihle, ekhokha kakhulu, futhi izokwenza izakhamuzi zethu eziningi zikwazi ukondla imindeni yazo kuyilapho zibambe iqhaza emlandweni onothileyo weSichibiyelo Sesibili. Siyaziqhenya futhi sihloniphekile ukwamukela uKimber e-Alabama!
Kungani inkampani yezibhamu ezinze eNyakatho ikhethe idolobha elincane lase-Alabama eningizimu ye-Montgomery ukuze liphinde kabili umthamo walo wokukhiqiza izibhamu, amavolovolo nezibhamu? Isikhulu esiphezulu sikaKimber uGreg Grogan wathi ukuthi โUTroy usinikeza ukwanda ngabasebenzi abashisekayo, izindleko zezinsiza eziphansi kakhulu, indawo esekela amabhizinisiโ kanye โnokwesekwa kokuqeqeshwa komsebenzi kwasendaweni.โ
Esinye isihluthulelo sesivumelwano kwakuyimali. Isikhulu siphawule ukuthi uKimber wayengelwe e-Alabama "ngezikhuthazo zesikhathi eside ezivela kuhulumeni wesifunda kanye nohulumeni wasekhaya ngokufanayo." Nakuba kunzima ukuthola imininingwane eqondile mayelana nephakheji yenzuzo eyatholwa u-Kimber, imibiko yenani lezindleko zoxhaso lwasekhaya nolukahulumeni lusukela ku- $ 24 million kuya $ 50 million - isamba esikhulu esimweni sokuthi ikleliswe endaweni yama-38 kuzwelonke ekusetshenzisweni kwemali yesikole ngomfundi ngamunye.
Ukwanda kukaKimber e-Alabama kungokwakamuva ochungechungeni lwezinyathelo zakamuva eziya eNingizimu ngabakhiqizi bezibhamu abahamba phambili, besusa isikhungo sokukhiqizwa kwezibhamu sisuka โeNyakatho โyeGun Valleyโ e-Connecticut, Massachusetts naseNew York osekubuse imboni iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu. maqondana namaholo aphansi kanye nezifunda zaseNingizimu ezisebenzisa izibhamu.
Isivumelwano esibizayo sase-Alabama - esimenyezelwe emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kwesigameko esibuhlungu saseParkland, eFlorida, sokudubulana esikoleni, esethule inhlangano enamandla yokuguqula izibhamu eholwa yintsha eyasinda eMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School - iphinde yagqamisa amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi abakhokhintela, ikakhulukazi Izifundazwe zaseNingizimu ezinebhajethi, zikhokhela abakhi bezibhamu ukuze benze ibhizinisi.
Abathengisi bezibhamu abakhulu
Isivumelwano samathikithi amakhulu sokuthola uKimber, okulindeleke ukuthi kuvulwe imboni yakhe iTroy ekuqaleni kuka-2019, akulona iphakethe lokuqala noma elibiza kakhulu i-Alabama elisebenzise ukuheha umkhandi wezibhamu. Lowo mehluko uya ku-Remington Arms, umkhiqizi wezibhamu omdala kunawo wonke wezwe.
Ikomkhulu layo lihlala eNyakatho neCarolina kodwa liphethwe yinkampani yamasheya iCerberus Capital Management yaseNew York, eRemington. ihungwe yiphakethe le-Alabama lemali engu-$68.9 million ngo-2014 ukudiliza abasebenzi abanyunyana abangaphezu kwe-100 eNew York futhi bashintshe ukukhiqizwa endaweni okungezona izinyunyana e-Huntsville.
Imboni ka-Remington e-Huntsville yakha isibhamu esizenzakalelayo se-Bushmaster AR-15, isibhamu isetshenziswe ekudutshulweni kwabantu abaningi futhi ifana naleyo esetshenziswa umdubuli wesikole saseParkland.
Ngenxa yokusetshenziswa njalo ezindaweni zokudubula zomphakathi kanye nenani elilinganiselwe lokuzingela nezinye izicelo zabantu, izibhamu zesitayela se-AR-15 zavalwa ngo-1994. Kodwa abakhi bezibhamu bashintsha imininingwane yabo ukuze baqhubeke nokuzithengisa, futhi iCongress yavumela ukuvinjelwa ukuthi kushone ilanga ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi.
Izipho ezinhle zase-Alabama zokuheha u-Kimber no-Remington ziyingxenye yoshintsho olukhulu - olusekelwa izigidi zemali yabakhokhi bentela - ukuyenga abashayasibhamu ukuthi baye eNingizimu. Imboni yezibhamu ekhula ngokushesha ibilokhu ibheke amazwe aseNingizimu iminyaka ngenxa yokuphana kwamabhizinisi, izindleko eziphansi zabasebenzi kanye nosopolitiki abasekela izibhamu.
Isibhicongo sika-Sandy Hook sango-2012, lapho kwabulawa izingane ezingu-20 kanye nabantu abadala abayisithupha, kwaba inguquko ebalulekile: Le nhlekelele iholele ekutheni izifundazwe ezifana neConnecticut neNew York zishaye imithetho eqinile yokulawula izibhamu, okuholele ekutheni izinkampani zezibhamu ezizinze kulezo zifundazwe zicabange ukuthi zidale inzondo. isimo sezulu samabhizinisi abo.
Besebenzisa lesi simo, abenzi bomthetho baseNingizimu baphusha uchungechunge lwezivumelwano zokuheha abenzi bezibhamu eNingizimu. Ngaphandle kwamaphrojekthi amakhulu e-Alabama amathikithi, lokhu kuhlanganisa:
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- Ngo 2014, Amandla, Ruger & Co. idlulele ekunwebeni imboni yayo eNew Hampshire futhi esikhundleni salokho yavula indawo entsha eMayodan, North Carolina. Ngokusho kwe-Associated Press, umdubuli wesibhamu โwanquma ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi isangakwazi ukuya kwenye indawo,โ okwenza izikhulu zezwe nezendawo zenze imali yazo kuze kube yilapho isivumelwano senziwe. Ithegi yentengo yokugcina: $15.5 wezigidi zamakhefu entela, ukuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi nokuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda.
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- Ngenkathi uMaryland ephasisa imithetho emisha yezibhamu ngo-2013, umshayisibhamu wase-Italy Beretta imemezele ukuthi izovala imboni yayo lapho futhi ivule umsebenzi omusha Tennessee, izwe ummeli kaBeretta wathi ibonise โukusekelwa okungaguquguquki, okuqinile kwamalungelo okuchitshiyelwa kwesibili.โ I-Tennessee iphinde yakhombisa u-Beretta imali eningi: Ingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-10.4 zamaRandi ezinzuzweni zombuso nezendawo.
- eKentucky'umlando s ngoxhaso lokukhiqiza izibhamu uhlehlela emuva phambili. Kusukela ngo-1998, USmith noWesson usetholile ngaphezulu kwe- $ 6 million ekunikezeni, okuhlanganisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-4.5 ukuze kwandiswe isitshalo sayo eGraves County.
Hlobo luni lwemisebenzi?
Nakuba abaholi baseNingizimu nabakhiqizi bezibhamu begoqa lezi zivumelwano ngenkulumo yokuvikela Isichibiyelo Sesibili, ekugcineni iminikelo yokuheha abakhiqizi bezibhamu inenjongo efanayo yezomnotho neminye imiklamo yokuthuthukisa amathikithi amakhulu eNingizimu: ukudala imisebenzi ngezindleko eziphansi.
Ekuqhubekeleni phambili eNingizimu, imboni yezibhamu ilahle imisebenzi yezinyunyana eNyakatho ngesithembiso sabasebenzi abashibhile nabangenazinyunyana. Ngo-2013, i-PTR Industries eyakha izibhamu ezizenzakalelayo yamemezela ukuthi iyayishiya i-Connecticut futhi ithuthela e-Aynor, eSouth Carolina, isizwa inhlanganisela yezipho zombuso nezendawo okuhlanganisa nesibonelelo sika-$350,000 esivela โesikhwameni sokuvalaโ sikahulumeni.
Esithangamini nabezindaba ememezela isivumelwano, owayenguHulumeni ngaleso sikhathi. U-Nikki Haley limenyezelwe, โNgihlale ngiziqhenya ukusho ukuthi, asinazo izinyunyana eNingizimu Carolina, ngoba asizidingi izinyunyana eNingizimu Carolina. Izinkampani zethu zinakekela labo abazinakekelayo, futhi angingabazi ukuthi i-PTR izokwenza umsebenzi omuhle nabasebenzisana nabo. " U-Haley wabe esebheka kubaphathi be-PTR ababemzungezile wathi:
Ngiyakusebenzela. Umsebenzi wami uwukuqinisekisa ukuthi ibhizinisi lilula kuwena โฆ Sibasekela ngakho konke abakudingayo, siyabasekela ngayo yonke indlela.
Kepha ngemuva kokuthula ekuthengisweni kwezibhamu ezizenzakalelayo, i-PTR yantenga. I Imisebenzi eyi-145 ethenjisiwe ayizange ivele, futhi kwamenyezelwa inkampani yonkana ukudilizwa nokuncishiswa kweholo. I-PTR yazabalaza ukukhokha ngisho nerenti encishisiwe yaseHorry County eyayihlinzekwe endaweni yayo.
Ukuntengantenga kwebhizinisi lezibhamu kusize ukucwilisa ezinye izinto ezinkulu. Ngo-2011, eFlorida ifake i-$1.6 million ukuya e-Connecticut-based Colt Manufacturing endaweni ese-Osceola County engakaze yehle. Abenzi bomthetho manje sebezama ukuyibuyisela emuva imali. Lapho ukuthengiswa kwezibhamu kwehla ngemuva kokhetho lukaMongameli uDonald Trump, I-Remington yehle ngamaphesenti angama-27 ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye zokuqala zika-2017, ephushela umenzi wesibhamu ezinqumweni zokuqolwa.
Izingqapheli zemboni yezibhamu zibikezela ukuthi inhlekelele yaseParkland kanye nezicelo ezinonya zokuthi kuguqulwe izibhamu kuzobhebhethekisa okunye ukuqhuma kokuthengiswa kwezibhamu, njengoba kwenzekile ngemva kokudubula kwabantu abaningi okwedlule. Kodwa njengoba ukucutshungulwa kwebhizinisi lezibhamu kukhula, ngokufanayo kuzobiza nezikhulu zikahulumeni ukuba zigweme ukuxhasa inzuzo yemboni yezibhamu. NjengoCathie Whittenburg weqembu i-United States to Prevent Gun Violence wathi ngemuva kwenhlekelele yeSandy Hook:
Ngicabanga ukuthi kungabaphazamisa abantu ukwazi ukuthi empeleni baxhasa ukwakhiwa kwalezi zibhamu. Ngokuqinisekile akuyona into engifuna ukuyenza.
UChris Kromm ungumqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Southern Studies futhi ongumshicileli wephephabhuku eliku-inthanethi leSikhungo, iFacing South.
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