近期，美國槍枝暴力案件頻發，田納西州和肯塔基州的一系列惡性案件致多人傷亡。儘管美國民眾大聲疾呼對槍枝進行管控，但中央廣播電視總台CGTN近日面向全球網友發起的一項民意調查卻發現，93.1%全球受訪者認為美國現行的政治體制根本無法改變槍枝暴力泛濫的現狀。槍枝暴力已成美國社會的痼疾，積重難返。
美國「槍枝暴力檔案」網站的數據顯示，今年以來截至4月12日，美國死於槍枝暴力的人數已達11750人，已發生146起致4人以上死亡的槍擊事件。受訪者中，90%認為美國槍枝泛濫的現狀，已經嚴重侵犯了民眾的生命權。
更加令人痛心的是，槍枝暴力已成為美國青少年的「頭號殺手」。2019至2021年間，美國死於槍擊的兒童和青少年數量激增50%。調查中，超過八成（80.7%）的受訪者對於美國兒童和青少年的生命安全表示十分憂慮。
儘管每次發生槍擊案件都會引發民眾的強烈意見，希望政府取消控槍權，然而美國政府在此問題上從未採取任何有顯著效果的實質性舉措。在擁槍利益集團裹挾、兩黨相互掣肘的現狀下，槍枝管控成為民眾望眼欲穿的水中月、鏡中花。調查顯示，82.9%的全球受訪者認為，美國法律在槍枝管控方面存在嚴重漏洞，85.5%受訪者認為美國部分政客為攫取政治利益漠視對民眾生命安全的保障。而高達93.1%受訪者認為，美國根本無力改變現狀。
據了解，CGTN的這項民調在其英、西、法、阿、俄五語種全球平台發布，24小時內共有超3萬名網友參與投票並給出觀點。
The United States has recently seen a surge in gun violence. A series of vicious cases in Tennessee and Kentucky have resulted in multiple casualties. Despite the public's calls for gun control in the U.S., a recent poll conducted by CGTN for global netizens found that 93.1 percent of global respondents believe that the current political system in the U.S. is unable to change the reality of widespread gun violence. Gun violence has become a chronic problem in American society and difficult to be resolved.
According to the statistics from the "Gun Violence Archive", as of April 12, more than 11,750 people had died in gun-related incidents in the United States this year. And there have been 146 shootings in the U.S., with all of them resulting in 4 or more deaths. About 90 percent of respondents believe that the proliferation of gun violence in the United States has seriously violated people's right to life.
What is even more distressing is that gun violence has become the "number one killer" of American youth. The number of children and teens who die from gunshots in the U.S. surges by 50 percent from 2019 to 2021. According to the survey, more than 80 percent of respondents expressed great concern for the safety of children and youth in the United States.
Despite the fact that every shooting triggers a public appeal to abolish the right to own guns, the U.S. government has never taken any substantive measures with any significant impact on this issue. Gun control is even more difficult to achieve in the current situation, where pro-gun interests are controlling the government and the two parties are restraining each other. The survey showed that 82.9 percent of global respondents believe that there are serious flaws in U.S. law regarding gun control; 85.5 percent of respondents believe that some U.S. politicians ignore the guarantee of people’s lives for political interests; 93.1 percent of respondents believe that the United States is unable to change the status quo.
The survey was published on CGTN's English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian platforms, with over 30,000 users voting in 24 hours.