Daukar mataki kan rikicin bindiga

Daga Galen Fitzkee, Ofishin Gina Zaman Lafiya da Siyasa

An ayyana aiki azaman gaskiya ko tsari na yin wani abu, yawanci don cimma wata manufa. Akwai hanyoyi masu kyau da yawa don ɗaukar mataki, kuma ko da yake ba shi da mahimmanci ko wane mataki za ku ɗauka, yana da matukar muhimmanci mu yi aiki tare da aiki tare ta hanyoyin da za su kusantar da mu ga burinmu. A cikin watan Mayu, yawan harbe-harbe da aka yi a Tops Friendly Market a Buffalo, NY, da Robb Elementary School a Uvalde, Texas, ya zaburar da al'ummar Washington, DC da su dauki matakin magance matsalar tashe-tashen hankula na bindiga a wasu 'yan daban-daban. hanyoyi.

A farkon watan Yuni, Cocin ’Yan’uwa Ofishin Gina Zaman Lafiya da Manufofi ya sami damar dagewa don yaƙar tashe-tashen hankula a Amurka ta wajen mayar da bindigogi a zahiri kayan aikin lambu cikin ruhun Ishaya 2:4. Cibiyar Dietrich Bonhoeffer ta shirya wani gangami na mabiya addinai don tunawa da girmama wadanda rikicin bindiga ya rutsa da su ta hanyar karanta sunayensu da babbar murya. A cikin wannan lokacin addu'a da makoki, masu halarta sun yi amfani da ɗan ƙaramin jabu da Takobin ya samar don Plowshares don narke guntuwar bindigogi tare da dunƙule su cikin kayan aikin lambu irin su zaɓe da trowels. Wannan aikin na zahiri shaida ne ga sauyin da ya wajaba ga al'ummominmu su bunƙasa.

A cikin kwanaki masu zuwa, ma’aikatanmu sun halarci wani shiri na bangaranci tsakanin addinai don tashin hankali a cocin Lutheran na Reformation da ke Dutsen Capitol. Malami, limami, Fasto, Reverend, da masu shirya motsi duk sun yi magana ta annabci daga abubuwan da suka faru da kuma al'adun bangaskiya, suna ƙarfafa mu mu kasance da haɗin kai kuma muna da bege cewa a ƙarshe za mu iya kawo canji don kawo ƙarshen tashin hankali a Amurka. Mun yi ikirari cewa akwai lokutan da ba mu dauki matakin magance tashe-tashen hankula ba ko akidun da ke hana ci gaba kuma mun himmatu wajen yin hakan a nan da yanzu. Shaidar wadannan shugabannin addinin, wadanda wasu daga cikinsu sun gana da wadanda suka tsira daga rikicin bindiga da kuma iyalan wadanda aka kashe a sakamakon harbe-harbe da aka yi a fadin kasar, yana da karfi sosai tare da kunna wuta a karkashin wadanda suka halarci taron. Bayan angama, kungiyar ta taka kai tsaye zuwa gaban ginin Capitol inda ta shiga wani gangamin da ake ci gaba da gudanar da shi na neman Majalisar Dokokin ta amince da dokar da zai yi wahala ga masu son yin harbin jama'a su mallaki makaman da aka saba amfani da su wajen kashe mutane a makarantunmu. kantin kayan abinci, da gidajen ibada. Wannan ma wani nau'i ne na aikin da ya ci gaba da burin samar da al'ummominmu mafi aminci ga kowa da kowa.

Idan an yi muku wahayi don ɗaukar mataki don magance tashin hankali na bindiga, akwai wasu abubuwa da za ku iya yi a cikin al'ummarku. Da farko dai, yin rubutu a shafukan sada zumunta hanya ce mai sauki ta wayar da kan al’umma kan lamarin. Shirya zanga-zanga, faɗakarwa, ko taro a cikin al'ummarku kuma babbar hanya ce ta haɗa wasu mutane masu himma da fara wani gagarumin yunkuri na zaman lafiya da adalci. A ƙarshe, yayin da Majalisa ke yin la'akari da doka game da batun, yanzu shine lokaci mai kyau don tuntuɓar memba na Majalisa kuma ku gaya musu cewa kuna buƙatar aiki, manufofi, da canji don rage tashin hankali a Amurka.

A cikin 1978, 'yan'uwa sun yi nazari sosai kan matsalar tashin hankalin bindiga kuma a ƙarshe sun ba da shawarar cewa ya kamata Majalisa ta samar da doka don ƙuntata samuwa da yaduwar bindigogi da kuma ƙarfafa bayanan baya (duba bayanan baya). www.brethren.org/ac/statements/1978-violence-and-the-use-of-firearms). Idan kuna son Majalisa ta zartar da doka mai mahimmanci kuma ta rage tashin hankalin bindiga, yi amfani da kayan aikin neman 'yan majalisa a www.brethren.org/peacebuilding/legislator-lookup don tuntuɓar wakilan ku.

- Galen Fitzkee ma'aikaci ne na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa da ke aiki a Ofishin Gina Zaman Lafiya da Manufofi a Washington, DC Nemo ƙarin game da aikin ofis a www.brethren.org/peacebuilding.