6 27, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference.
A reporter asked: According to reports, the U.S. Supreme Court passed a ruling on the 23rd to overturn a New York State law that restricted people from carrying concealed guns outside. This triggered an uproar in American public opinion and increased domestic concerns about gun violence spiraling out of control. What is China's comment?
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Zhao Lijian said that I have noticed relevant reports. I also saw that on the day after this ruling was passed, gunfire broke out again on the streets of Chicago, USA, and a 5-month-old baby girl was unfortunately shot and killed.
Zhao Lijian pointed out that as the country with the worst gun violence in the world, the number of victims of gun violence in the United States has reached record highs, with an average of 122 people dying at gunpoint every day. For the American people, the haze of gun violence and the fear of forced death hang over almost every day. According to statistics from the U.S. Gun Violence Archive website, nearly 21,000 people have lost their lives to gun violence in the United States since the beginning of this year. There have been 279 mass shootings in the United States that resulted in at least four deaths and injuries. Faced with such tragic data, American politicians have not taken any substantive measures.
"People can't help but ask, in the face of countless lives lost and injured families, what have American politicians done besides political showmanship?" Zhao Lijian said, in the process of their endless buck-passing, how many ordinary people have Living life comes to an abrupt end? How many "American Dreams" have come to an end in the United States? The haze of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas, USA, has not yet dissipated, and new tragedies have been staged one after another, constantly impacting the moral bottom line. If American politicians cannot properly protect the lives of children in their own country, how can they talk about the human rights of other countries?
Source: Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Liu Liu
Editor: Guo Tao
Process Editor: Guo Dan
