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| Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford |
| Bryan Hanger mataimaki ne mai bayar da shawarwari kuma ma'aikacin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa a cikin Ofishin Shaidu na Jama'a na Cocin of the Brothers |
A makon da ya gabata, na wakilci Ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa ta wajen halartar wani taro da Kwamitin Majalisar Dattawan Amurka kan Tsarin Mulki, ‘Yancin Jama’a, da ‘Yancin Dan Adam ya gudanar. An yi wa shari’ar taken “Shawarwari don Rage Rikicin Bindiga: Kare Al’ummar Mu Yayin Mutunta Gyara Na Biyu.” Sanata Dick Durbin (D-IL) ne ya jagoranci taron kuma ya ba da sheda iri-iri mai ban sha'awa game da ingancin wasu dokokin bindiga, tsadar dan Adam da cin zarafin bindiga, da irin darussa daga baya da za mu iya amfani da su a halin yanzu. matsaloli.
Cocin ’Yan’uwa ta ba da gudummawa ga wannan tattaunawa ta hanyar ba da shaida a rubuce ga ƙaramin kwamiti don zama ɓangare na rikodi na yau da kullun (karanta shi a www.brethren.org/news/2013/church-of-the-brethren-shaida-on-gun-control.html ).
An dai gudanar da zaman ne cikin wani yanayi na musamman inda shugaba Durbin ya bukaci kowa da kowa a wurin da rikicin bindiga ya rutsa da su ya tsaya, kuma an bayyana cewa wadanda suka tsira da rayukansu da ‘yan uwan wadanda abin ya shafa sun fito da dama. rabin dakin ya mike. Yawancin iyaye ne da dangin wadanda rikicin bindiga ya rutsa da su daga mahaifar shugaban kasar Chicago. Sauran sun kasance waɗanda suka tsira da kuma dangin waɗanda aka kashe a munanan tashe tashen hankulan bindiga kamar su Newtown, Virginia Tech, da kuma kisan kiyashin Luby.
Shaidar farko ta fito ne daga Timothy Heaphy, Lauyan Amurka na gundumar Yamma ta Virginia. Yin amfani da hangen nesa na musamman a matsayinsa na lauya na Amurka, ya yi magana mai tsawo game da sarkar fahimtar batun tashin hankali na bindiga. Ya bayyana cewa shi da ma'aikacin sa, Ma'aikatar Shari'a, suna goyon bayan haramcin makamai masu linzami, amma ya sha nanata bukatar duk wani tsari na "360" wanda ya hada da musamman kan bincike na duniya kuma mafi mahimmanci.
Ya jaddada yadda daya daga cikin mafi ƙarancin tsarin tsarin duba baya na yanzu shine rashin cikakkun bayanan lafiyar kwakwalwa da ke akwai don dubawa. Ya ba da misali da kisan gillar da aka yi a Virginia Tech a matsayin misali na yadda ƙarancin bayanan kula da lafiyar hankali zai iya ba wani damar yin bincike na baya-bayan nan wanda bai kamata ya iya ba. Heaphy ya ambaci cewa bala'in da ya faru a Virginia Tech ya haifar da yunƙurin ɓangarorin biyu don samar da ƙarin cikakkun bayanan bincike, amma ta koka da gaskiyar cewa wannan dokar ba ta isa ba kuma har yanzu ana buƙatar inganta tsarin binciken baya sosai ( http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=49#NICS ).
Gina kan haka, Sanata Al Franken ya jaddada yadda ba dole ba Amurkawa su kyamaci tabin hankali, amma a maimakon haka ya kamata su goyi bayan doka kamar shirinsa na Kiwon Lafiyar Hankali a Makarantu wanda zai yi aiki don ganowa da magance alamun cutar tabin hankali tun yana ƙanana (nemo shi a wurin). www.franken.senate.gov/?p=hot_topic&id=2284 ). Fadada samun damar kula da lafiyar kwakwalwa ya sami goyon bayan duk membobin kwamitin, amma matakan sarrafa bindigogi ba su kasance ba.
Sanatoci, irin su Lindsey Graham (R-SC) da Ted Cruz (R-TX), sun bayyana damuwarsu cewa matakan da ake dauka ba za su haifar da komai ba illa tauye hakkin tsarin mulki na ‘yan kasa masu bin doka da oda, yayin da babu abin da zai hana tada tarzoma. masu aikata laifukan da za su mallaki haramtattun makamai ta wata hanya. Sanata Cruz ya yi gardama kan ingancin dokar hana bindiga ta hanyar nuna karancin laifukan ta'addanci na garuruwa da yawa a cikin jiharsa ta Texas, inda ba su da yawa a hana bindigogi, ga yawan laifuffuka a birane kamar Detroit, Chicago, da Washington, DC, inda dokokin bindiga suna da tsauri sosai. Wasu kamar su Sanata Hirono (D-HI), sun ba da raddi ga wadannan suka ta hanyar ba da misalai inda takunkumin bindiga ya haifar da raguwar laifukan tashin hankali, kamar a jiharta ta Hawaii.
Bayan shaidar Heaphy da tambayoyin Majalisar Dattawa, sauran masu magana sun ba da ra'ayoyinsu. Mahalarta taron guda biyu waɗanda suka yi magana mafi ƙarfi su ne Suzanna Hupp da Sandra Wortham. Hupp ta ba da labarinta mai ratsa zuciya ta yadda ta tsira daga kisan kiyashin da Luby ta yi a shekarar 1991. A lokacin da ake ba da labarin, ta koka da yadda dokokin sarrafa bindiga suka gaza mata a ranar. Ta yi magana kan yadda ta daina rike da bindiga a jakarta saboda sabbin dokokin da suka haramta hakan, kuma a sakamakon haka ta kasance ba ta da kariya daga wani kisa da ya kashe mahaifiyarta da mahaifinta kai tsaye a gabanta.
Wortham ta bi shaidar Hupp ta hanyar ba da labarin ranar da aka kashe babban yayanta, wani dan sanda a Chicago mai suna Thomas E. Wortham IV, a gaban gidan iyayenta. Asusunta ya kasance mai ɓarna kamar na Hupp, amma ya kwatanta wani labari daban. Bala'in ɗan'uwan Wortham ya nuna cewa hatta ƙwararren mai horarwa da makami na iya fadawa cikin mugunyar tashin hankali na bindiga.
Babban abin da na bari shi ne batun tashin hankalin bindiga ya fi rikitarwa fiye da yadda muke so mu yi imani. Amma hakan bai kamata ya hana mu yin aiki don mu mai da duniya wurin zaman lafiya ba. Laurence H. Tribe, farfesa a fannin shari’a a Harvard wadda ita ma ta yi magana a wurin sauraron karar, ta bayyana kiran mu na daukar mataki ta wannan hanya: “Idan ba mu yi wani abu ba har sai mun iya yin komai, dukanmu za mu sami jinin ’yan Adam da ba su da laifi a hannunmu kuma za a yi amfani da kundin tsarin mulki a cikin tsari."
Don haka, Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa dole ne mu tuna al’adarmu kuma mu yi aiki!
“Mun yi imanin cewa ya kamata cocin Kirista ya zama shaida mai ƙarfi game da amfani da tashin hankali don sasanta rigima. Almajiran amintattu na hanyoyin da ba na tashin hankali na Yesu ba sun yi aiki kamar yisti a cikin jama’a a kan halin tashin hankali na kowane zamani. Domin sadaukarwa ga Ubangiji Yesu Kiristi muna kuka a kan tashin hankalin zamaninmu. Muna ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyinmu da hukumominmu su yi aiki tare da wasu Kiristoci don nemo hanyoyi masu ban mamaki da kuma tasiri don yin shaida ga salama da sulhu da aka bayar ta wurin Yesu Kristi.”
- Bayanin Taron Shekara-shekara na 1994 akan Tashin hankali a Arewacin Amurka
A cikin wannan ruhi ne Cocin ’yan’uwa suka gabatar da sheda a hukumance ga kwamitin da ke kira da a samar da cikakkiyar hanya don magance al’adun tashin hankali na al’ummarmu. Ana iya karanta cikakken bayanin a www.brethren.org/news/2013/church-of-the-brethren-shaida-on-gun-control.html . Ana iya ganin bidiyon sauraron ƙarar kwamitin majalisar dattawa a www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310946-1 .
- Bryan Hanger mataimaki ne mai ba da shawara ga Ma'aikatar Shaida ta Salama na Cocin 'Yan'uwa.