大侠行天下日记 我见我闻我思 0526

全民哀悼 痛心疾首

 今天清晨我自己亲自把耸立在美南新闻广场上的八支美国国旗降至半旗 ，為了哀悼二十一位包括二位老师在依瓦利小学被枪杀的无辜小学生， 她们那一张张天真无邪的小脸蛋， 会在这么残忍的年青兇手下消失了。

 德州州长艾伯特在首府举行之记者会上 表示决心善后并派出心理医疗队 為这个小镇疗伤止痛， 挑战州长的民主党侯选人伯托当塲发飈 ，指责共和党放纵枪支管制之不当， 美国当全世界人口百分之四， 但是全球百分之四十的枪支都在美国 ，这难道还不是氾滥吗 ？遗憾的是 全国来佛枪年会本週即将在休斯敦召开， 各方大老包括前总统川普都将成為座上宾？

 老实说， 我们事后之哀悼及怒吼已经无济於事，记者会上之谴责只是塲政治表演， 我们必须向区内选出之政客 作最严厉之要求， 他们必须重新立法， 对枪支管控及幼童持枪必须限制， 更重要的是尤其目前社会之动乱不安， 大家心理不安 ，精神出了状况， 而求救无门令人痛心和惋惜。

 我们奉劝拜登总统， 有其对乌克兰一掷数百亿之援助， 还不如回到乡下解决自己院内的问题。

 National Mourning And Sadness
 
This morning I personally lowered eight American flags standing in front of our news building to mourn the twenty-one innocent elementary school students and their teachers who were shot and killed in Uvalde, Texas.

New details from the attack are emerging including details on the 18-year-old shooter Salvador Ramos who entered the school building with an AR-15-style rifle. He then barricaded himself inside a classroom and opened fire on the students and teachers there.

This senseless killing is heartbreaking for our nation. We want to send our thoughts and prayers out to the grieving families. As our Congressman Al Green said in his statement, we must send people to the state and federal legislatures who will vote for sensible gun safety laws.

 We are approximately 4% of the world’s population, and yet possess more than 40% of the guns. There are many gun safety solutions. We as voters need to elect legislators at the state and federal levels to change the gun laws.

To be honest, our mourning and condolences are not enough. We must make the most severe demands on politicians elected in our districts to change the laws and make gun possession by youngsters more difficult. More importantly, other current problems are facing our people. Many people are also suffering mental problems and they have no place to ask for help.

We urge President Biden to instead of sending billions of dollars to Ukraine, we need to pay more attention to solving the problems in our own backyard.