Canadian stabbings, US gun violence spark public safety concerns

Violence talks about safety

  "This kind of violence has no place in our country" "Sadly, over the past few years, tragedies like this have become all too common."

Recently, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his emotions about the series of vicious wounding cases in Saskatchewan.

The British "Guardian" called the incident one of the "deadliest" killings in Canadian modern history, and it caused huge repercussions throughout Canada.

  For a period of time, in some Western countries, there have been frequent shootings and other vicious incidents, and public concerns about safety have lingered.

Why did tragedy become "common"?

In developed countries in the West, why do the public worry about the national public security situation?

Where does national security come from?

The reporter conducted an interview report.

  "These two people broke into many people's homes this morning and stabbed many people for no reason." The "deadliest" stabbing incident in modern Canadian history caused 11 deaths and 19 injuries

  On September 4, local time, a police report in Canada broke the calm on Sunday.

On the same day, there were many knife attacks in the James Smith Kerry Aboriginal settlement and Weldon Town in Saskatchewan.

  Since 5:40 local time on the 4th, police in many parts of Saskatchewan have successively received calls for stabbing incidents.

Investigations revealed that two men carried out a series of attacks before fleeing the scene in their cars.

  "These two people broke into many people's homes this morning, and stabbed many people for no reason." Some families of the victims described on social media that the suspects' methods of committing crimes were mostly burglary and murder, and the methods were cruel.

They knocked on the door from house to house, and when someone came to the door, they broke in and attacked the victim with a knife.

Some residents did not answer, and the two simply broke into the door.

  Saskatchewan Police Assistant Commissioner Lunda Blackmore said at a news conference that police found victims in 13 locations, some appearing to have been "targeted" and others "randomly." "At present, it is "extremely difficult" to determine the motive for the attack.

Yang Zhiyun, a professor at the School of Grammar and Law of the University of Science and Technology Beijing, said that considering the continuous indiscriminate killing of suspects, the old, young, women and children were not spared, and they had strong "premeditated" and "anti-social" characteristics.

  Police identified the two suspects as brothers, one of whom was confirmed dead on September 5.

Another suspect was arrested at around 15:30 local time on September 7.

So far, 11 people have been killed and 19 injured in the case, including the suspects.

  In this case, the murder weapon used by the suspect was a knife.

Liu Weijun, a professor at the People's Public Security University of China, told reporters that although the "Canadian Criminal Code" stipulates the control of automatic opening knives and accessories with knife functions, it does not include machetes, bayonets and other knives that may endanger people's lives. Extensive knife control rules are one of the reasons Canada has seen many serious knife homicides.

  According to Statistics Canada, a third of all homicides nationwide in 2021 will be knife attacks, second only to shootings.

In order to promote the implementation of a nationwide handgun ban as soon as possible, Canada will ban the import of restricted-grade handguns from August 19, 2022.

However, the illegal smuggling of firearms from the United States has long plagued Canada.

  In April 2020, a Nova Scotia dentist smuggled three weapons from the US state of Maine, posing as police and killing 22 people in 13 hours, creating the deadliest shooting in the country's history.

US media reports that gun violence in Canada has been on the rise since 2014, with many shootings concentrated in low-income neighborhoods in Toronto.

According to the Toronto Police Service, in 2021, "86 per cent of local crime handguns will be from the United States."

  In addition, the place where the case took place has also attracted attention from the outside world.

Saskatchewan, bordering the United States in the south, is Canada's major energy, mining and agricultural province, with about 1/10 of its 1.17 million residents being aboriginal.

Official data shows that from 2015 to 2020, the homicide rate involving Aboriginal victims in Canada was six times higher than that of non-Aboriginal people, including Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta The three provinces with the highest homicide rate.

Statistics Canada released data on August 2 that the national homicide rate will increase for the third consecutive year in 2021, with a total of 788 reported, equivalent to 2.06 per 100,000 people, and as many as per 100,000 people among Aboriginal people. From 9.17.

  "This is undoubtedly a tragic incident in Canadian public security, and the insecurity of the Canadian people continues to ferment." Dong Chunling, an associate researcher at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, noted that, affected by the incident, concerns and reflections on the public security situation in his own country Such reports quickly became the focus of the Canadian public.

  "Hundreds of mass shootings occur every year in the United States, undermining people's collective well-being and public safety"

  "You hear these numbers a lot, but you never associate names with victims. I want you to see who my son is." A mother's It hurts to tell.

In 2006, her son was shot dead at the age of 18 while preparing for a concert in Chicago.

  There are 4 exhibition areas, and each exhibition area is made of 700 small grids with glass bricks. Each grid displays a victim's photo, name, personal experience, items before his death, date of murder, etc. This story tells about about 2,800 people who died of gun violence. The Ordinary American Tragedy exhibition, indicting the ongoing suffering caused by gun violence in American society.

  "The United States is the country with the most serious gun violence." Chang Jian, director of the Human Rights Research Center of Nankai University, showed a set of data: the United States' population only accounts for 4% of the world's population, but it owns 46% of the world's guns, and the private gun ownership is higher than The sum of the numbers of the next 9 countries; the U.S. ranks first in gun murder and suicide rates among all wealthy countries, and in 2021, there will be 693 vicious gun violence incidents in the U.S. with “more than 4 casualties at a time”; U.S. children and teens are 15 times more likely to be killed by guns than in 31 other high-income countries combined; the proliferation of guns fuels violent crime, and rising crime rates force people to feel more necessary to own guns, creating a vicious circle, 2020 Black gun purchases were up 58.2 percent, Asian gun purchases were up 43 percent, and about 40 percent of gun sales were to first-time buyers.

  The New York Times noted that "hundreds of mass shootings occur every year in the United States, undermining people's collective well-being and public safety."

  On May 24, 2022, in the small town of Uvalde, Texas, the United States, Ramos, who just turned 18, "legally purchased" two rifles and 375 rounds of ammunition, and then went to Rob Elementary School to shoot frantically, causing 19 students and 2 teachers died.

The US Axios news website reported on June 6, 2022 that the latest poll showed that more than half of parents of students said their children were scared and sad after the Rob Elementary School shooting.

On June 11, more than 450 anti-gun violence demonstrations were held in many parts of the United States. Tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., chanting "Enough!"

  Gun violence is just one of the manifestations of the rising crime rate in the United States in recent years and the growing public insecurity.

  The 2021 Report on Human Rights Abuses in the United States published by the State Council Information Office wrote: “The United States has always been one of the countries with the highest rates of violent crime in the world. Gun control measures are stagnant, and gun violence is rife; police discriminatory law enforcement and indiscriminate killings. Innocent people are outraged; law enforcement officers are impunity, and judicial injustice has been criticized; wrongful and unjust cases cannot be effectively corrected and compensated, prison inmates are abused; domestic violence and juvenile violence have increased significantly, and people live in fear of lack of safety.”

  According to data released by The New York Times, in 2021, the murder rate in the United States will rise to the highest level since the mid-1990s.

In 2020, murders in the U.S. surged more than 27% year-over-year, the largest increase in 60 years.

According to the newspaper’s analysis, there are three main reasons for the soaring crime rate in the United States: the epidemic has disrupted all aspects of people’s lives, and social services that helped reduce the crime rate have suddenly disappeared; after the Floyd case, the police may have reduced anti-violence operations, but more The public has lost confidence in the police, leading to frequent street violence and lynchings; Americans are buying more guns in 2020 and 2021 than in previous years, and more guns lead to more violence.

  CNN commentator Frida Gittes said bluntly that the rise in violent cases has killed thousands of Americans and left millions feeling vulnerable and insecure.

  The international community generally believes that China is one of the safest countries in the world

  Chinese people often say that peace is a blessing.

In this developing country with a population of more than 1.4 billion and a vast territory, peace has settled in the usual years and is reflected in the lights of thousands of homes.

  "How safe is China?" On the US "Q&A" website, Lom Harshni, a netizen who has lived in Shanghai, Chongqing, and Shenzhen, gave the answer based on his own experience: "I am a woman, and I often walk from subway stations late at night. Go home, never be afraid. I also allow my 11-year-old daughter to ride the subway independently, because there is nothing to worry about.”

  Many foreigners have noticed that in China, there are uniformed police officers in densely populated areas to maintain public order; if you take rail transit and enter public places such as train stations and airports, you must consciously cooperate with security inspections; even in the vast countryside, The security network composed of video surveillance and technical defense facilities is also protecting the peace; in addition, the Chinese government prohibits the illegal possession of firearms, which is enough to make people have no safety concerns...

  Li Chunhua, a professor at the People's Public Security University of China, showed a set of data: In 2020, the total number of criminal cases filed in my country will drop for 5 years in a row, and the number of eight major types of criminal cases and public security cases will drop for 6 years in a row.

my country is one of the countries with the lowest homicide rate, with a homicide rate of 0.56 per 100,000 people; it is one of the countries with the lowest criminal crime rate, with 339 criminal cases per 100,000 people; it is the country with the least gun explosion crimes One, in 2020, gun-related crimes across the country will drop for three consecutive years, down 54.3% from 2017... In the satisfaction survey of the National Bureau of Statistics on the current status of 15 major areas of people's livelihood, the satisfaction with social security ranks first bit.

  In the new era, "Safe China" has many things to test and things to describe.

  The crimes of underworld forces are the most typical crimes that endanger the safety of people's lives and property and infringe on the people's sense of security.

The three-year special campaign against gangsters and evils and the normalization of gangsters and evils have achieved remarkable results.

According to a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics, the masses generally believe that "social security continues to improve" and "social atmosphere continues to improve".

In 2021, the public's satisfaction with the effectiveness of the fight against gangsterism and evil will be 96.19%, an increase of 0.77% year-on-year; it is generally believed that the chaos in industries such as "ecological environment", "transportation" and "education and health" has been significantly improved.

  The construction of safety should not only focus on the end and cure the disease, but also focus on the front end and cure the disease before.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a convenient and efficient network of people's mediation organizations covering urban and rural areas has been developed, mediating more than 9 million conflicts and disputes each year, of which nearly 80% are resolved at the grassroots level, making positive contributions to maintaining social stability. .

  Jin Gaofeng, a professor at the People's Public Security University of China, concluded that from a horizontal and vertical comparison, China has effectively coordinated development and security with the actual effects of a reduction in the number of crimes, a low proportion of serious violent crimes, and a continuous improvement in social security.

Yu Chong, an associate professor at China University of Political Science and Law, believes that the improvement of Chinese nationals' sense of security is a concrete reflection of the "two miracles" my country has always maintained of rapid economic development and long-term social stability.

  "Do you have confidence in the local police? Do you feel safe walking at night in the city where you live? Have you or your family experienced theft of money or property in the past year? Have you experienced personal injury or robbery?" According to the "2021 Global Law and Order Report" released by Gallup, an American polling agency, China ranks second with the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland with a score of 93, jumping one place from the previous year and rising for three consecutive years, showing that the national has a high sense of security.

The United States has been out in the 20s.

The international community generally believes that China is one of the safest countries in the world.

  "Our country has made serious violent crime an 'incidental' type of crime, in stark contrast to the 'universal' in the United States"

  The sense of public security in the sense of social security refers to the public's subjective feelings and evaluations of the social security situation.

Wu Xianjiang, a professor at the Chinese People's Public Security University, introduced that the public's sense of security is mainly affected by objective factors such as social security conditions and social security work, subjective factors such as public psychology, and social environmental factors such as media information dissemination.

  "The social security situation is the most basic and fundamental objective factor affecting the public's sense of security." Wu Xianjiang said that in the new era, my country's public security has steadily improved, and the most fundamental influencing factor is the continuous improvement of the social security situation.

The specific manifestations are: the steady decline of various criminal cases (criminal incidence rate) and public security violations (the incidence rate of public security cases) that violate citizens' personal, property safety and personal information security; Safety, a steady decline in the occurrence of various public security disasters, including fires and stampedes; a steady decline in the occurrence of various social security incidents that affect public safety and social stability.

  "With the significant improvement of the country's comprehensive national strength and the establishment of the overall national security concept, the people's system, overall, and social feelings are highly secure." Yu Chong said.

  "In the new era, my country's public sense of security has been continuously improved and it has been at the forefront of the world for a long time. This is not created out of thin air." Analysis by Professor Zhai Jinpeng of the People's Public Security University of China , reducing the occurrence of various social conflicts and public security problems from the source, which is the macro background of a high sense of security; the rapid growth of residents' income and the steady reduction of income gaps are the realistic material basis for a high sense of security; the construction of "Safe China" is solid The continuous improvement of social security is a key factor for a high sense of security; the more and more dense social security "safety net" is woven, it is an important guarantee for a high sense of security.

  "my country has made serious violent crimes an 'incidental' type of crime, which is in stark contrast to the 'universal' type of crime in the United States." Liu Weijun said.

  "Why has the United States launched multiple anti-terrorism wars after 9/11, but domestic terrorism and gun violence have intensified? Why is the United States eager to pursue global hegemony, but the American people are becoming more and more insecure? Why can the United States be in a short period of time? Sending military power to all corners of the world, but suffering natural disasters and security threats on the mainland, shortage of manpower and slow action when the people are in urgent need of rescue?" Dong Chunling asked.

  "There are both institutional reasons and security concepts behind this." Dong Chunling analyzed that from the institutional perspective, the current US two-party disputes are intensifying, political polarization, and administrative efficiency is low. At the same time, the intervention of vested interest groups, gun control, Important agendas related to people’s vital security interests, such as illegal immigration, have been delayed for a long time; from a conceptual perspective, for the United States, which pursues hegemony, its national security focus is often traditional security, external security, and homeland security, while domestic security, In particular, public security, social security, and people's personal and property security are often not included in the focus of national security. The limitation of this concept is not difficult to find in the main strategic documents of national security after the Cold War. The "security paradoxes" of the United States also abound: the United States can easily launch a war against Iraq on the grounds of "weapons of mass destruction", but it is helpless in the face of the "Katrina" hurricane, which killed nearly 2,000 people. .