2022年8月15日(星期一), 世界和平联合会筹备期的第二场研讨会“珍惜生命安全支持枪支管制”在华州西雅图ChinaHarbor举行。
美国枪击案件发生在学校、教堂、杂货店和社区街道,包括今年的7月4日美国国庆节,美国伊利诺伊州芝加哥游行队伍发生开枪扫射惨案。
最近的8月12日至13日凌晨又一浩劫传来,华盛顿州西雅图地区发生了5起枪击案件。
耳闻目睹的一切使我们感到从未有过的痛心。
据美国“枪支暴力档案”网站统计，2022年全美已发生356起大规模枪击案。该网站联合创始人、执行董事马克·布莱恩特此前表示，美国频发的枪击暴力事件与枪支数量增加不无关系。他指出，“新冠疫情之下，美国枪击类案件数量剧增，速度甚至高于每月正常增长水平”。
当下,美国人民的生命安全问题尤为担忧。然而,如何应对这一恐怖现象,如何提高人民拥有枪支作为防御的权利，如何防止枪支和子弹造成死亡，是全社会需要探索的关键。
World Peace Federation 2nd Symposium “Cherish Life and Support Gun Control”
On August 15, 2022 (Monday), the second workshop of the preparatory period of the World Peace Federation, “Cherish Life and Support Gun Control”, was held in China Harbor, Seattle, Washington.
Shootings occurred in schools, churches, grocery stores, and community streets in the United States, including the shooting massacre in Chicago, Illinois, on US National Day this year on July 4th.
Recently, in the early morning of August 12-13, another catastrophe came, and five shooting cases occurred in the Seattle area of Washington state.
What we have seen and heard makes us feel the pain we have never felt before.
According to the “Gun Violence Archives” website, there will be 356 mass shootings in the United States in 2022. Mark Bryant, co-founder and executive director of the site, previously said that the frequent shooting violence in the United States is not unrelated to the increase in the number of guns. He pointed out that “under the new crown epidemic, the number of shooting cases in the United States has increased sharply, and the rate is even higher than the normal monthly growth rate.”
At present, the safety of the American people is particularly worrying. However, how to deal with this terrorist phenomenon, how to improve people’s right to own guns as a defense, and how to prevent deaths caused by guns and bullets are the keys that the whole society needs to explore.
议题:
一.如何防止战争武器成为美国儿童的头号杀手
1.校区应怎样预防?
2.警察有哪些措施?
3.社区应怎样防护?
4.枪支管理是否纳入学校教材?
5.如何加强枪支管理?
二.如何帮助孩子们对枪击事件的恐惧心理?
三.如何正确引导学生对枪支的认识和用途?
ISSUE:
一. HOW TO PREVENT WEAPONS OF WAR FROM BECOMING THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF AMERICAN CHILDREN
1. What precautions should the school district take?
2. What measures does the police take?
3. How should the community be protected?
4. Is gun control included in school textbooks?
5. How to strengthen gun control?
二. HOW TO HELP CHILDREN’S FEAR OF SHOOTING INCIDENTS?
三. HOW TO CORRECTLY GUIDE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND USE FIREARMS?
首先由世界和平联合会副主席里奥·伦纳德发表演讲
大家好，我今天的主题是“枪支管制对保护生命至关重要”。
生活是一首优美的交响曲，一首华丽的经典诗篇。生命是宝贵的，它属于我们每个人，但只有一次机会。在这个世界上，最重要的是我们的生命还存在。我们热爱生活，更应该珍惜生活，因为生活是美好的。
近年来，枪击事件频发，尤其是校园里的枪声，扼杀了摇篮里的年轻生命，也给人们的生命安全蒙上了一层阴影。血腥的枪击夺走了许多无辜的生命，眼睁睁地看着新鲜的生命瞬间消失，摧毁了整个家庭。当我们把目光投向那些不再完整的家园时，深深地刺痛了每个人的心，又显得如此的无助。我们的所见所闻让我们惊呼，谁夺走了宝贵的生命？
情绪失控的枪手和没有眼睛的子弹，会把温暖的家园一一破碎。生与死，痛苦与快乐，留给人们无尽的痛苦悲伤和悲伤。
如何提高人民拥有枪支作为防御的权利，如何防止枪支和子弹造成死亡，是全社会需要探索的关键。
枪支管制，如果允许每个人拥有枪支，这将导致城市地区的犯罪增加，因为您无法识别真正的枪支拥有者和罪犯。枪支拥有量的增加导致大规模公共枪击事件的增加。根据芝加哥大学的研究，对枪支所有权的限制减少了大规模公共枪击事件的频率。
为了阻止任何入侵者或窃贼，根据美国宪法，每个人都有权出于合法目的拥有枪支，这包括使用枪支进行家庭自卫。
自卫权不能超过剥夺他生命的权利。打倒罪犯的权利，但没有杀死他的权利。
所以问题来了。目前出售的所有枪支和子弹都是实弹。我想知道是否有可能开发一种非致命的自卫手段。
人人都有生命权，一切违法犯罪行为都应受到国家法律机制的惩处。
预防工作就是要时刻敲响警钟，通过学校和社区经常提醒人们，杜绝一切不应该发生的意外和夺命的枪击事件。
暴力是可以预防的。并且治愈是可能的。
与国家预防自杀生命线一样，暴力预防热线寻求配备专业顾问来接听遇险者的电话。不同之处在于，暴力预防热线将尝试联系正在考虑对他人实施暴力行为的人并与之合作。
网站暴力预防热线.org /1-800-787-3224
FIRST SPEECH BY LEO LEONARD, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD PEACE FEDERATION
Hello everyone, my topic for today is “Gun Control Is Crucial to Protecting Lives”.
Life is a beautiful symphony, a gorgeous classic poem. Life is precious, it belongs to each of us, but only one chance. The most important thing in this world is that our lives still exist. We love life, and we should cherish life even more, because life is beautiful.
In recent years, frequent shooting incidents, especially the sound of gunshots on campus, have strangled young lives in the cradle and cast a shadow over people’s safety. The bloody shooting took many innocent lives and watched fresh life disappear in an instant, destroying entire families. When we turn our eyes to those homes that are no longer complete, it deeply hurts everyone’s heart and seems so helpless. What we saw and heard made us exclaim, who took precious lives?
Emotionally out of control gunmen and eyeless bullets will shatter warm homes one by one. Life and death, pain and joy, leave people with endless pain, sorrow and grief.
How to improve people’s right to own guns as a defense, and how to prevent guns and bullets from causing death, is the key that the whole society needs to explore.
Gun control, if everyone is allowed to own a gun, this will lead to an increase in crime in urban areas because you can’t identify the real gun owners and criminals. Increased gun ownership has led to an increase in mass public shootings. Restrictions on gun ownership have reduced the frequency of mass public shootings, according to research from the University of Chicago.
To deter any intruder or burglar, under the U.S. Constitution, everyone has the right to own a firearm for lawful purposes, and this includes the use of firearms for domestic self-defense.
The right to self-defense cannot exceed the right to deprive him of his life. The right to bring down the criminal, but not the right to kill him.
So here comes the question. All firearms and ammunition currently sold are live ammunition. I wonder if it is possible to develop a non-lethal means of self-defense.
Everyone has the right to life, and all illegal and criminal acts should be punished by national legal mechanisms.
Prevention is all about sounding the alarm and reminding people regularly, through schools and the community, to prevent accidental and deadly shootings that shouldn’t happen.
Violence is preventable. And a cure is possible.
Like the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Violence Prevention Hotline seeks to have professional counselors available to answer calls from those in distress. The difference is that the Violence Prevention Hotline will try to contact and work with people who are considering violence against others.
Website Violence Prevention Hotline.org/1-800-787-3224
采访：华盛顿州国会议员亚当·史密斯
华盛顿州国会议员亚当·史密斯, 是一位政治家,自1997年1月3日至今，作为民主党人当选为第105届国会议员和7届国会议员。
当记者问及美国的枪支管制时，他说：我们谈到了华盛顿州针对枪支漏洞提出的倡议。要求在全国范围内进行背景调查仍然不够。它需要全国范围的努力来加强。过度使用攻击性武器和枪支远远超出了自我保护的要求。在全国范围内，我们在枪支管制方面有工作要做。这不仅仅是关于法律，更重要的是教育公众支持枪支安全法。
INTERVIEW: Washington State Congressman Adam Smith
Washington State Congressman Adam Smith, is a politician who has been elected to the 105th and 7th Congress as a Democrat since January 3, 1997.
When a reporter asked about gun control in the U.S.,he said: We talked about the Washington State initiative for gun loopholes. Requiring nationwide background checks is still not enough. It needs a nationwide effort to strengthen. Excessive use of offensive weapons and firearms goes far beyond what is required for self-protection. Nationally, we have work to do on gun control. It’s not just about the law, it’s more about educating the public in support of gun safety laws.
采访：华州金郡行政办公室詹姆斯·布什
詹姆斯提到，华盛顿已经通过了几项全州范围的举措，以帮助限制获得步枪和其他枪支。一切都是好的和合理的变化。更多的变化将会到来，这些变化都将有助于影响我们未来对枪支法的变化。
INTERVIEW: James Bush, King County Executive Office, Wa
James mentioned that Washington has passed a couple of state-wide initiatives to help with limiting access to rifles and other guns. All are good and reasonable changes. More changes will come and these changes will all help impact future changes to our gun laws.
采访：贝尔维尤市议员-珍妮丝·赞恩
她说道:华盛顿的枪支管制低，因为大多数决定是在联邦一级做出的，但华盛顿是在枪支管制法律方面做了大量工作的州之一，例如允许我们的警察向我们的州法院请求命令的红旗法,从他们认为可能对他人或他们自己构成危险的人身上暂时取出枪支。我们还在校园、市政厅和许多其他社区场所禁止枪支。
INTERVIEW: Bellevue C ity Councilman – Janice Zane
She said:Low gun control in Washington because most decisions are made at the Federal level but Washington is one the states that has done a great deal of work on gun control laws, such as the red flag law that permits our police to petition our state court to order the temporary removal of firearms from a person who they believe may present a danger to others or themselves. We also ban guns in school grounds, city hall, and many other community locations.
采访:议员竞选人,成功企业家- 张冬青
张冬青是一位成功的贝尔维尤女商人，在社区有着良好的记录。她多年来领导了许多慈善活动，这些活动使全州的医院受益。
她有一个孩子，最近在学校发生的大规模枪击事件,让她现在担心她的孩子和其他上学孩子的安全。她没有解决办法，但她知道需要加强枪支管制，无论是在州一级还是在联邦一级，都应该从个人手中夺走枪支，并且应该进行更多检查，例如背景调查等。
INTERVIEW: Member of Parliament Candidate, Successful Entrepreneur – Zhang Dongqing
Zhang Dongqing is a successful Bellevue businesswoman with a proven track record in the community. She has led numerous charitable efforts over the years that have benefited hospitals across the state.
She has a child, and the recent mass shooting at the school has her now worried for the safety of her child and other school-going children. She doesn’t have a solution, but she knows that gun control needs to be strengthened, whether at the state or federal level, guns should be taken from individuals, and there should be more checks like background checks, etc.
记者问您对学校枪击案怎么看？你对枪支管制有什么看法？
她说：美国校园暴力一直是比较大的问题，主要是现在要加强枪支管理。同时，要加强部分成年人的心理素质和心理疏导，加强这方面的工作。校园暴力的肇事者可能有精神和心理问题。因此，这项针对所有中小学生和青少年的心理教育非常重要，即解决这些青少年的心理教育问题。与年幼的孩子相比，不要暴力甚至失去正常的理智。
枪支问题，现在我们需要控制枪支问题。这个枪支问题的背景调查需要更加严格。只有有一定背景的人才能拥有枪支。这个要管控，然后登录,进一步系统化，定期管控。
The reporter asked what do you think about the school shooting case? What do you think about gun control?
She said: School violence in the United States has always been a relatively big problem, mainly because it is necessary to strengthen gun management now. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the psychological quality and psychological counseling of some adults, and to strengthen the work in this area. The perpetrators of school violence may have mental and psychological problems. Therefore, this psychological education for all primary and secondary school students and adolescents is very important, that is, to solve the psychological education problems of these young people. Don’t be violent or even lose their normal sanity compared to their younger children.
The gun issue, now we need to control the gun issue. The background investigation of this gun issue needs to be more rigorous. Only people with a certain background can own guns. This should be controlled and then logged in. Further systematization, and regular management and control.
采访：社区代表-丽莎
记者同时对丽莎问到对于校园枪击案件你怎看？枪支管制方面你怎么认为？
她说:当您向很多美国人谈论枪支管制时，这很可怕，因为很多美国人认为拥有枪支是他们的宪法权利，因此我个人认为，如果人们想要一两支供个人使用以保护自己，那很好，但我认为限制大规模射击的最好方法是让所有弹药都变得非常昂贵和征税，让人们拥有他们想要的所有枪支，因为这是一项宪法权利，但请让人们难以购买。
INTERVIEW: Community Representative – Lisa
The reporter also asked Lisa what do you think of the school shooting case? What do you think about gun control?
she says: When you talk about gun control to a lot of Americans that’s scary because a lot of Americans think it’s their constitutional right to own a gun so I personally believe that if people want one or two for personal use to protect themselves that’s fine but I think the best way to go about limiting mass shooting is to actually make all ammunition very expensive and taxes and to let people have all the guns they want because that’s a constitutional right but please make hard to buy.
预防就是敲响警钟，通过学校和社区提醒人们不要发生任何意外和致命的枪击事件，社会稳定是每个人的共同愿望。
Prevention is all about sounding the alarm and reminding people through schools and the community that all unexpected and deadly shootings should not happen, and that social stability is the common wish of everyone.
主办：世界和平联合会
Hosted by: World Peace Federation
协办: 华盛顿中文电视台
Co-organizer: Washington Chinese Television
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主持人:Nella Kwan
记者:Nella Kwan/ LixinLiu
摄影:Lisa Guan 、Leo Leonard
责任编辑:Nina Chen
总编:XiaoHong Chen
