According to U.S. media reported on 25, the United States 300 university presidents jointly published an open letter calling on Congress to pass the bill this month to avoid the control of firearms, the Connecticut Newton kindergarten murder again.
The principal criticism in the open letter, the leader of the country over the years to promote higher education initiative, do not dare to face the issue of firearms safety, resulting in thousands of young people died, had no chance to college, to achieve the dream of life. List the specific requirements for gun control in the letter, including the semi automatic submachine gun ban mass destruction and filling of a large number of the bullets firearms; provisions need to install safety lock safety device; and even if people did not register at gun shows sellers in the purchase of firearms, also need to receive background checks.
It is worth noting that, although the participation comaker including representatives of the university president and President of the American Council on education for the broad, but a number of major public and private education institution and did not participate, only more remarkable is the Columbia University teachers college president Fuhrmann.
In the Washington area as an example, Georgetown University, George Washington Qiu University, American universities and the Catholic University did not appear on the list, Virginia, only 6 university president Virginia signed into State Polytechnic University campus massacre occurred in 2007, when Zhao Chengxi, together with the gunman killed 33 people, injured 17 people. Therefore, the state education very upset.
As of Monday (24 days), Virginia participated in the 6 universities jointly, including Dongmeinuonaite University, Amory and Henry college, Hollins college, and university fees shown in Washington and Lee university. There are 16 colleges of the principal joint Maryland and washington.
Newton after the murder, gun rights issue once again become a hot topic in America, President Obama pledged to promote gun control, more than the Democratic National Rifle Association (NRA) members and also change the position. However, NRA insists that controlling guns does not change campus security, but suggests that guns and armed police be added to all schools, which will lead to controversy in the media.
In recent years the United States shooting incidents, the U.S. Federal Bureau of investigation report released in 2006 to 2010 of five years, there were 561 children become ghosts in the shooting, not including the spark a conflict accidentally kills children.
In December 14th, has shocked the world of the shooting in the US state of Connecticut Newtown Sandy Hooke primary school, killing 26 people, including 20 children.
Some critics said that 2012 was deeply branded with the "vicious gun case high" mark, caused by the American Society for gun control, public safety, mental illness and loss of the fierce debate and reflection, or into the United States issued a new "gun control" measures of the historical turning point.
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