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　　On the 17th, local time, a series of shootings occurred in Abastra Town, Tate County, Mississippi, USA. The gunman carried a shotgun and two pistols and shot at the local gas station and convenience store, killing six people.

　　At present, the gunman has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

　　△ The New York Times: The town of Akabatra has only about 290 residents, and there has been no large-scale violence in the past 20 years.

　　On the same night, a shooting incident occurred at a gas station in Columbus, Georgia, USA, which injured nine minors aged between 5 and 17.

　　△ Screenshot of the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) website report

　　According to the latest statistics on the website of "Gun Violence Archives" in the United States, as of February 19, local time, 5,766 people have died of gun violence (including suicide) in the United States this year.

　　Among them, there were 76 large-scale shooting incidents that caused at least four deaths and injuries except gunmen.

　　Throughout January, there were only eight days in the United States when there were no mass shootings.

　　△ "Gun Violence Archives" website data screenshot

　　Gun violence is getting worse and worse, and gun control is difficult, which highlights the decline of American government’s governance ability.

　　Americans’ sense of security was penetrated by gunshots.

　　The population of the United States accounts for less than 5% of the global population, but the number of private guns accounts for 46% of the global population.

　　According to statistics, the United States has about 120.5 guns per 100 people on average, which is the country with the highest rate of private gun ownership in the world.

　　△ British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported a screenshot on February 18.

　　Private possession of a large number of guns has caused violent incidents one after another, which has worsened the social security situation in the United States.

　　The ubiquitous guns have drawn more and more children into the daily cycle of violence.

　　The data shows that in 2022, there were as many as 302 school shootings in primary and secondary schools in the United States, and the intentional shootings and accidental shootings increased by 46% and 21% respectively over the previous year, both of which set historical records.

　　A survey by John Cox, a journalist from Washington post, found that 80% of school shootings in the United States were caused by children getting guns from home easily.

　　△ John Cox wrote in Washington post that for students, the consequences of government inaction are terrible. Some analysts show that if 6-year-old children can’t get guns, more than half of the school shootings in the United States since 1999 will not happen.

　　According to a special study by the American Psychological Association, one-third of Americans are worried that they will become victims of mass shootings wherever they go. Nearly a quarter of the people admitted that they had changed their lifestyle to avoid mass shootings.

　　Official website, American Psychological Association: For many Americans, there is no place to feel safe. The fear of mass shooting puts a lot of pressure on most Americans, including one-third of adults.

　　According to the latest poll released by Gallup recently, in the United States, the proportion of people who are dissatisfied with the current gun control laws and policies in the country is 63%, an increase of 7% over a year ago, setting the highest level since Gallup began this poll in 2001.

　　△ Gallup official website screenshot

　　"We don’t quite understand why they oppose gun control."

　　The root of the proliferation of guns in the United States is that the right of individuals to hold guns has long been written into the Second Amendment of the American Constitution. If we want to fundamentally solve the problem of gun proliferation, we must start the constitutional amendment process.

　　But for many years, the discussion of gun control legislation has always been deadlocked in the serious opposition between gun-owning faction and gun-controlling faction; The ruling made by the US Supreme Court according to the Second Amendment to the Constitution is often not conducive to gun control.

　　△ British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): The issue of gun control can easily lead to differences. Studies show that nearly 91% of Democrats are in favor of stricter gun laws, while only 24% of Republicans and 45% of independent voters hold the same view.

　　Michael &bull, a survivor of the nightclub shooting in Colorado Springs last November; Anderson said in an interview a few days ago that American politicians’ indifference to people’s right to life runs counter to the original intention of writing people’s right to bear guns into the Constitution.

　　"I think when the United States was founded, those founders never wanted us to walk on the streets of the United States with offensive weapons … … Frankly speaking, we don’t quite understand why they (politicians) refuse to make reforms on the gun issue, and why they continue to allow people to die from gun violence but remain indifferent. "

　　△ Screenshot of Colorado local news website report (the picture shows Michael • Anderson)

　　Mark Foreman, a journalist who has long been concerned about mass shootings in the United States, pointed out that gun control has long been a hopeless unsolved problem in today’s United States, where political polarization and society are seriously torn. On this issue, American politicians driven by interests are greatly out of touch with the wishes of most Americans.

　　"We can know from the polls in the past 30 years that most Americans, including some conservatives and gun owners, want to control guns more effectively … … However, over the years, the gun control deadlock under the bipartisan politics in the United States has not been broken. An important reason is that gun lobby groups are running around. "

　　△ Mark Foreman

　　Group politics and election politics in the United States provide legal channels for gun-owning groups, enabling them to make a big money offensive and influence politicians’ positions on gun issues.

　　As a result, the people’s confidence that the United States can truly control guns has been exhausted in the constant pulling of the three branches of power: the executive, the legislature and the judiciary.

　　Some American media pessimistically asserted that as long as government departments continue to do nothing, as long as the Federal Supreme Court continues to support gun ownership, and as long as Congress continues to fall into partisan strife and paralysis, "gun violence is a plague that the United States will never end."

　　△ "New Yorker": Gun violence is a plague that the United States will never end.

　　Source: Global Information Broadcasting "Global Deep Observation"

　　Planning, Cai Yaoyuan

　　Reporter Li Hao

　　Editor Yang Nan

　　Signing and examining Wang Jian

　　Producer Guan Juanjuan