Chinanews, August 19 (Wen Tianxia) "Bloody Weekend" was once again staged in the United States.

From August 13th to 15th, multiple shooting incidents occurred in Chicago, the United States, resulting in 5 deaths and at least 47 injuries. Among them, two girls were shot and a 7-year-old girl tragically died.

　　Local people said that Chicago shootings were frequent and "bloody weekends" were staged from time to time. A cloud of fear hung over the community for a long time, and the rising proportion of child victims was even more unacceptable.

On May 27, local time, more than a thousand people gathered in front of the San Jose City Hall, California, USA to participate in a vigil to mourn the 9 victims of the shooting the previous day.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

　　According to data from the US Gun Violence Archives website, since 2021, nearly 700 children have been injured by gun violence in the United States, of which 198 were child victims of gun violence, and more than 500 children were injured by gun violence.

　　In a country with more than 400 million guns, gun violence puts innocent children at risk at any time.

Even in a safe home, due to improper care of guns, children will come into contact with guns and hurt others or themselves.

A tragedy happened in Minnesota, the United States. A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a 3-year-old girl at home.

　　In 2020, more than 5,100 children and adolescents in the United States died or were injured due to gun violence. This is the highest record since the US Gun Violence Archives started collecting this data 7 years ago.

　　In many major cities in the United States, gunshots for life have been repeated one after another, and even the capital, Washington, is also rampant.

Local community officials once severely condemned the gun incident for threatening children's lives. "Here, they can't play like ordinary children because they have to squat down to avoid bullets."

　　Under the dual impact of the new crown epidemic and racial discrimination, the problem of gun violence, which US President Biden called an "epidemic", has become more and more serious.

On May 8, local time, a shooting occurred in Times Square, Manhattan, New York, USA, resulting in two injuries, including a 3-year-old child.

　　In 2020, nearly 20,000 Americans died at gunpoint, the highest value in nearly 20 years.

Sadly, because of the US government’s ineffective control of guns and concerns about its own safety, it has inspired more people to buy guns.

In 2020, the number of gun sales in the United States also broke historical records.

According to statistics from the Brookings Institution, the U.S. has 400 million guns in stock, which exceeds the total population of more than 300 million, and it is getting deeper and deeper in the vicious circle.

　　Although Biden once said that "every life taken by a bullet has pierced the soul of the American nation" to express its determination to control guns, but the US government promulgated the actual content of the gun control laws, but very few .

In June, Biden announced a number of countermeasures, including severe crackdowns on illegal gun dealers, but the US media criticized it as hardly effective.

Under the obstruction of Republicans in Congress, the Democratic government’s gun control commitments have also been reduced to empty talk.

　　Countless American families have experienced bereavement.

However, while the families of the victims are sad and angry, some groups are still advocating the so-called rights and freedom of gun ownership.

On June 7, hundreds of members of a gun-owned group gathered around the Harrisburg City Council, the capital of Pennsylvania, to encourage people to buy guns.

Earlier, a US judge made a ruling overturning a firearms control law in California that has been in force for more than 30 years, which prohibits California residents from using "offensive weapons."

　　The proliferation of guns is the death of the United States. Every time a gunshot sounds, the call to strengthen gun control rises, but then it gradually returns to silence, falling into the strange circle of "shooting-shock-reflection-shooting again".

The issue of gun violence tied to political interests has become a dead knot in American society.

In the future, the tragedy of innocent children killed at gunpoint will probably continue to happen.

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