Cocin ’Yan’uwa Ta Haɗa Haɗin Kan Addinai Suna Aikin Kawo Karshen Rikicin Bindiga

Dangane da bala'in da ya faru kwanan nan a Newtown, Conn., Cocin 'yan'uwa na hada kai da gamayyar kungiyoyin addinai sama da 40 a matsayin wani bangare na Faiths United don Hana Rikicin Bindiga.

Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, ƙawance ce ta ƙungiyoyin addini waɗanda suka dogara da aikinsu bisa ga imanin cewa, “Tashin hankali na bindiga yana yin illa ga al'ummarmu da ba za a amince da shi ba, a cikin kashe-kashen jama'a da kuma a kullum na mutuwa ta rashin hankali. A yayin da muke ci gaba da yin addu’a ga iyalai da abokan wadanda suka halaka, mu ma mu tallafa wa addu’o’inmu da aiki”.www.faithsagainstgunviolence.org ). A ranar Martin Luther King 2011, ƙungiyoyin addini 24 na ƙasa sun ba da sanarwar kafa gamayyar, tare da kiran bangaskiya don tinkarar annobar tashe tashen hankulan bindigogi na Amurka da kuma nuna goyon baya ga manufofin da ke rage mutuwa da rauni daga harbin bindiga. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, haɗin gwiwar ya haɓaka zuwa ƙungiyoyi 40 waɗanda ke wakiltar dubun-dubatar Amurkawa.

A farkon wannan watan, Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, ta rubuta wata wasika zuwa ga shugaba Obama da Congress, suna kira gare su da su matsa lamba don tabbatar da bin diddigin duk wani laifi da aka yi a kan duk wasu sayan bindigogi, da hana manyan makamai da mujallun harsasai, da kuma yin safarar bindigogi. laifin tarayya.

Babban sakatare na Cocin Brethren Stanley J. Noffsinger ya sanya hannu kan wannan wasiƙar (duba cikakken rubutu a ƙasa) tare da shugabannin wasu ƙungiyoyin addinai sama da 40 da suka haɗa da Majalisar Coci ta ƙasa, Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a na Cocin Presbyterian Amurka, Majalisar United Methodist General Board. na Coci da Jama'a, Kwamitin Abokai kan Dokokin ƙasa, Ƙungiyar Islama ta Arewacin Amirka, Majalisar Yahudawa don Hulɗa da Jama'a, Kwamitin Tsakiyar Mennonite, Baƙi, da Ƙungiyar Ikilisiya ta Kristi.

A ranar 15 ga watan Janairu, wakilai daga yawancin wadannan kungiyoyi sun taru a birnin Washington, DC, don wani taron manema labarai don tattaunawa a bainar jama'a game da tashe-tashen hankulan bindigogi da kuma tallata wasika ga shugabannin siyasa. Shugabannin addinai da yawa sun yi magana a wurin taron ciki har da Baƙi Jim Wallis. Jonathan Stauffer, mataimakin mai ba da shawarwari a Ofishin Shaidu da Zaman Lafiya na darikar ya wakilci Cocin the Brothers. Taron ya sami ɗaukar hoto a kafofin labarai da yawa, gami da "New York Times" a cikin "The Lede: Blogging the News with Robert Mackey" da "Washington Post" ( www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/faith-leaders-launch-gun-control-push/2013/01/15/82d78632-5f2c-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_blog.html ).

Vinny DeMarco, mai gudanarwa na kasa na Faiths United don Hana Rikicin Bindiga, an gayyace shi ya kasance a Fadar White House don wakiltar kawancen lokacin da Shugaba Obama da Mataimakinsa Biden suka ba da sanarwar shirin rigakafin tashin bindiga a ranar 16 ga Janairu.

Baya ga wasiƙar da Noffsinger ya sanya wa hannu da kuma ci gaba da aikin Advocacy and Peace Witness Ministries, an yi kira ga membobin Cocin Brothers da su shiga wani yunƙuri na kira ga ƙasa baki ɗaya don neman Majalisa ta kafa dokoki don taimakawa kawo ƙarshen tashin hankali na bindiga.

A ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, kungiyoyin addini da dama na neman mambobinsu da su kira wakilai da sanatoci su gaya musu yadda suke ji game da tashin hankalin da bindiga. "Kiran Imani: Idan Ba ​​Yanzu, Yaushe?" shi ne sunan wannan yunkurin kiran da Cibiyar Ayyukan Religious Reform for Judaism ta shirya. Don ƙarin bayani jeka http://faithscalling.com .

Muna rokon ku da ku shiga wannan kokarin. Cocin ’yan’uwa ta dau matsayi a kan tashin hankalin bindigogi a baya, mafi kwanan nan a cikin 2010 tare da “ƙuduri don Tallafawa Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Ƙasa ta Kristi, Amurka: Ƙarshen Rikicin Bindiga” (www.brethren.org/about/policies/2010-gun-violence.pdf ). Dole ne a yanzu mu yi magana mu sake daukar mataki, saboda wannan mummunan tashin hankali ba zai iya ci gaba ba.

- Bryan Hanger mataimaki ne na bayar da shawarwari ga Cocin 'yan'uwa da Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa, yana aiki ta hanyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa. Tuntuɓi ofishin Shaida na Ikilisiya da Aminci a Washington, DC, a 202-481-6931 ko jami'in bayar da shawarwari ta imel Nathan Hosler a nhosler@brethren.org .

Cikakkun rubutun wasikar da Faiths United suka aika wa Majalisa don Hana Rikicin Bindiga:

Bangaskiya United Don Hana Rikicin Bindiga
United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC

Janairu 15, 2013

Dan Majalisar Wakilai:

A ranar Martin Luther King, 17 ga Janairu, 2011, ƙungiyoyin bangaskiya na ƙasa 24 sun ba da sanarwar kafa “Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence,” gamayyar ƙungiyoyin addinai daban-daban da ƙungiyoyin bangaskiya waɗanda suka haɗa kai da kiran addinanmu don fuskantar tashin hankalin Amurka. annoba da kuma hada kai don tallafawa manufofin da ke rage mutuwa da rauni daga harbin bindiga. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, mun girma zuwa ƙungiyoyi sama da 40 waɗanda ke wakiltar dubun-dubatar Amurkawa a cikin al'ummomin imani a duk faɗin ƙasar - kuma kiran da muke yi na tunkarar wannan annoba ya ƙara girma cikin gaggawa kuma mai mahimmanci.

Asarar da aka yi kwanan nan a Connecticut na yara ƙanana 20 da ba su ji ba ba su gani ba, na malamai da masu kula da su da suka kula da su, da na wani matashi da mahaifiyarsa da ke fama da matsananciyar damuwa, ta yaga zukatanmu da tunaninmu sosai. Shugabannin bangaskiya a Newtown sun kasance a sahun gaba wajen mayar da martani ga bakin ciki da radadin iyalan da ba za a iya misalta rashin su ba, da na daukacin al'ummar da ke wurin. A duk faɗin ƙasar, muna baƙin ciki tare da namu ikilisiyoyi da al'ummominmu, kuma muna raba ra'ayinsu na yin duk abin da za mu iya don tabbatar da cewa hakan bai sake faruwa ba.

Dangane da bala'in da ya faru a Newtown–da kuma Aurora, Tucson, Fort Hood, Virginia Tech, Columbine, Oak Creek, da ƙari da yawa – mun san cewa ba za a ƙara ɓata lokaci ba. Rikicin bindiga yana yin illa ga al'ummarmu da ba za a amince da shi ba, a cikin kashe-kashen jama'a da kuma a kullum ana mutuwa ta rashin hankali. A yayin da muke ci gaba da yi wa iyalai da abokan arziki addu’a, mu ma mu tallafa wa addu’o’inmu da aiki. Ya kamata mu yi duk mai yiwuwa don kare bindigogi daga hannun mutanen da za su iya cutar da kansu ko wasu. Kada mu ƙyale wutar lantarki ta kashe mutane da yawa a cikin daƙiƙa guda a ko'ina cikin ƙungiyoyin jama'ar mu. Kuma ya kamata mu tabbatar da cewa jami’an tsaro suna da kayan aikin da suke bukata don dakatar da fataucin bindigogi ba tare da kayyade ba.

Bangaskiya ta Haɗa kai don Hana ƙungiyoyin membobi na Rikicin Bindiga, waɗanda ke wakiltar miliyoyin mutane a duk faɗin ƙasar, suna roƙon ku da ku mayar da martani ga wannan rikicin a cikin al'ummarmu. A kowace rana da ta wuce, ’ya’yanmu da yawa, iyayenmu, ’yan’uwanmu, da ’yan’uwa mata da yawa sun rasa rayukansu a rikicin bindiga. Muna goyon bayan aiwatar da doka nan take don cimma abubuwa masu zuwa:

- Duk mutumin da ya sayi bindiga ya kamata ya wuce binciken tarihin aikata laifuka. Hana mutane masu haɗari samun bindigogi ya zama babban fifiko. Ya kamata a yi amfani da binciken bayanan bayanan duniya ta hanyar National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) a kowane siyar da bindiga, gami da bindigogin da aka sayar akan layi, a nunin bindiga, da kuma ta hanyar tallace-tallace masu zaman kansu.

- Kada a samu manyan makamai da mujallun harsasai ga farar hula. Babu wata halaltacciyar kariyar kai ko manufa ta wasa don irin wannan salon soja, manyan makamai da mujallu. Su ne, duk da haka, makamai masu kyau ga waɗanda suke so su harbe da kuma kashe adadi mai yawa na mutane da sauri. Lokaci ya yi da za mu gina dokar hana kai hari ta tarayya da ta ƙare a 2004 da kuma tsara sabuwar doka wacce za ta cire waɗannan makaman daga titunan mu.

- Yakamata a mayar da fataucin bindiga laifi ne na tarayya. A halin yanzu dai ana fuskantar shari’a ne kawai ta hanyar dokar da ta haramta sayar da bindigogi ba tare da lasisin gwamnatin tarayya ba, wanda ke dauke da hukunci iri daya da safarar kaza ko dabbobi. Dole ne mu ba jami'an tsaro damar yin bincike da gurfanar da masu siyan bambaro, masu fataucin bindigogi, da dukkan cibiyoyinsu na aikata laifuka.

A cikin 'yan makonnin da suka gabata, al'ummar Amurka sun taru domin nuna alhini da nuna juyayi ga iyalan wadanda aka kashe a harin da aka kai a birnin Newtown. Muna tarayya a cikin wannan baƙin cikin, amma ba za mu bar shi ya maye gurbin aiki ba. Muna sa ran yin aiki tare da ku don aiwatar da waɗannan matakai na hankali don rage tashin hankalin bindigogi. Idan ku ko ma'aikatan ku kuna da tambayoyi ko kuna buƙatar ƙarin bayani, da fatan za ku ziyarci gidan yanar gizon mu a www.faithsagainstgunviolence.org ko tuntuɓi Coordinator na ƙasa, Vincent DeMarco, ta imel a demarco@mdinitiative.org ko ta waya a 410-591-9162.

Nemo wannan wasiƙar, da cikakken jerin shugabannin bangaskiya waɗanda suka sanya hannu a kanta, a www.faithsagainstgunviolence.org .