昨天加州發生了慘案，就距離我們聖地亞哥一個多小時車程的聖巴拉蒂諾縣，那可是我經常開車路過的地方。幾個喪心病狂的人槍殺了十四個無辜的老百姓並打傷十七位。這是我所知道慘案發生距離我最近的地方。為此，紐約州東南部阿爾斯特縣（Ulster County ）警長Paul J. Van Blarcum 呼籲有槍的民眾隨身帶槍，以保護自己和民眾的安全。
This is also a nation in which, in 2012, there were 1.2 million violent crimes, defined as murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Or, put another way, 1.2 million scenarios in which there was potential for someone to kill in self-defense.
Oh, and match those 259 justifiable homicides with the theft of about 232,000 guns each year, about 172,000 of them during burglaries. That’s a ratio of one justifiable homicide for every 896 guns put in the hands of criminals.
Those 259 justifiable homicides also pale compared with, in the same year, 8,342 criminal homicides using guns, 20,666 suicides with guns, and 548 fatal unintentional shootings, according to the FBI’s Supplemental Homicide Report. The ratio for 2012, per the Violence Policy Center, was one justifiable killing for every 32 murders, suicides or accidental deaths (the ratio increases to 38-1 over the five-year period ending in 2012). That’s a heavy price to pay.
昨天加州發生了慘案，就距離我們聖地亞哥一個多小時車程的聖巴拉蒂諾縣，那可是我經常開車路過的地方。幾個喪心病狂的人槍殺了十四個無辜的老百姓並打傷十七位。這是我所知道慘案發生距離我最近的地方。為此，紐約州東南部阿爾斯特縣（Ulster County ）警長Paul J. Van Blarcum 呼籲有槍的民眾隨身帶槍，以保護自己和民眾的安全。
