Daga Gail Erisman Valeta tare da Tom Mauser
Ranar 20 ga Afrilu, 1999, Tom da Linda Mauser sun shiga kulob din da ba wanda yake so ya shiga: iyayen yaron da tashin hankali ya shafa. Ɗansu, Daniel Mauser, ya kasance wanda aka azabtar da harbin makarantar sakandaren Columbine a Littleton, Colo.
Tafiya ce da babu wanda ya isa ya ɗauka. Kuma tafiyar bata kare ba. A bikin cika shekaru 20 na Columbine, gidajen labarai 14 sun zo Littleton don yin hira da iyalan wadanda abin ya shafa suna son shiga. Ga wata labarin farko da ke fitowa daga cikin waɗancan tambayoyin, tare da ƙarin bugu da watsa shirye-shiryen ranar tunawa: “Iyalan Columbine suna Taruwa don Ba da Labarun Kusan Shekaru 20 Bayan,” Colorado Sentinel ne suka buga a ranar 23 ga Maris kuma a kan layi a. www.sentinelcolorado.com/0trending/columbine-families-gather-to-tell-stories-nearly-20-years-after/ .
Tambaya ta musamman daga ɗan nasa ne ya jagoranci ba da shawarar Tom na dokokin bindigar makwanni biyu kafin bala'in. Dangane da wani abu da ya ji a cikin tattaunawa, Daniel ya tambayi mahaifinsa ko yana sane da cewa akwai kurakurai a cikin Brady Bill, dokar da ke buƙatar wuce bayanan baya kafin siyan bindiga. Makonni biyu bayan haka, an kashe Daniel da wata bindiga da aka saya ta daya daga cikin waɗancan madogaran-maganin bindigar.
Tom ya dauki hutun shekara daya daga aikinsa domin ya jawo hankalin majalisar dokokin jihar don zartar da dokokin bindiga masu karfi. Lokacin da suka kasa yin hakan, ya jagoranci yunƙurin ba wa masu jefa ƙuri'a na Colorado yunƙurin jefa ƙuri'a don rufe wannan bindigu. Masu jefa ƙuri'a na Colorado sun ƙaddamar da wannan shirin a cikin 2000 da kuri'a na kashi 70 zuwa kashi 30 cikin dari.
Tom ya ci gaba da aiki don zartar da dokokin bindiga masu ma'ana da ilmantar da wasu game da mafita masu ma'ana. Ya sha ba da shaida a lokuta da dama a kararrakin da ake yi a babban birnin tarayya, kuma yana magana a wurin gangami da majami'u. Hakan ya haɗa da karɓar gayyatar yin magana a Cocin Prince of Peace na ’yan’uwa, inda daga baya ya zama memba.
Shin akwai mutanen da suka damu da imani a cikin ikilisiya ko al'ummarku waɗanda ke son haɓaka martani daban-daban ga tashin hankalin bindiga fiye da "tunani da addu'o'i?" Ana iya ba da gabatarwa daga ofisoshin masu magana ko daga Intanet. Akwai ƙungiyoyin rigakafin tashin hankali a cikin jihohi da yawa da zaku iya shiga, kamar yadda aka lissafa a https://ceasefireusa.org/affiliates .
Duk da yake yawancin majami'u ba sa son ɗaukar wannan batun (Tom har ma ba a gayyace shi ba daga gabatarwa lokacin da fasto ya sami "turawa baya" daga abokan adawar), yakamata mu iya yarda da wani abu dole ne a yi kuma mu ba da "wata hanyar rayuwa" wanda ya wuce samar da zaman lafiya sama da shekaru 300.
- Gail Erisman Valeta shine fasto Prince of Peace Church of Brother a Littleton, Colo., Inda Tom Mauser memba ne.