Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference on the 27th.
A reporter asked: According to reports, the U.S. Supreme Court passed a ruling on the 23rd to overturn a law in New York State that restricts people from carrying guns concealed outside.
This sparked an uproar in American public opinion and increased fears of gun violence getting out of control in the United States.
What is China's comment?
Zhao Lijian: I have noticed relevant reports.
I also saw that just the day after this ruling was passed, gunfire resumed on the streets of Chicago in the United States, and a 5-month-old baby girl was unfortunately shot to death.
As the country with the most serious gun violence in the world, the number of victims of gun violence in the United States has hit record highs, with an average of 122 people dying at gunpoint every day.
For the American people, the haze of gun violence and the fear of forced death hang over almost every day.
According to statistics from the US "Gun Violence Archives" website, since the beginning of this year, nearly 21,000 people have lost their lives to gun violence in the United States, and 279 "mass shootings" have occurred in which at least 4 people were killed and injured.
In the face of such tragic data, American politicians have not taken any substantial steps.
One cannot help but ask, in the face of countless lost lives and injured families, what have American politicians done besides political show?
The haze of the shooting incident at Rob Elementary School in Texas, USA, has not yet dissipated, and new tragedies have been staged again and again, constantly impacting the bottom line of morality.
If American politicians can't even protect the lives of their own country's children, why are they talking about human rights in other countries?
(produced by Xu Miaoqiao)
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]