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Afrasianet - A man has killed eight of his relatives, including four children, in the US state of Montana in an incident that ended in his suicide, according to a spokeswoman for the bereaved family.
Jennifer Mercer, who is authorized to speak on behalf of the family, said the gunman shot at relatives during a dinner on Sunday, adding that the victims belonged to four generations of her family, including a seven-year-old girl and a grandmother in her 90s.
Local police said their crews rushed to the scene as soon as they received a report of the incident, and heard gunshots coming from the back of the house before the fire engulfed the entire building, confirming that the bodies of several dead people were found, including the perpetrator, who died of a gunshot wound to his own face.
According to a joint database by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University, the incident is the 22nd mass murder in the United States since the beginning of the year.
James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology at Northeastern University who oversees the database, said that 15 of the total incidents this year were caused by family disputes, which exceeded the country's usual average of about 50 percent of domestic mass murders.
The Montana tragedy is ranked as the deadliest in the United States since last April, when a man in Louisiana killed eight children, including seven of his own, and injured his wife and another woman in a similar shooting.
Possession of weapons and ways of seizure Growing violence in the United States
On this topic, Mr. Mahmoud Gamal Abdel Aal writes - The violence in the United States highlights the importance of reopening the dialogue within American political circles about the feasibility of gun control policies, given the escalation of individual violence by shooting civilians who are both licensed and unlicensed gun owners.
The city of Thousand Oaks, California, witnessed a shooting at a nightclub, which resulted in 13 deaths and several injuries.
On the other hand, the American political arena has witnessed a wide debate during the past months regarding the issue of legalizing the possession of guns in the US Constitution, especially after the unprecedented state of violence in American schools, as reports indicate that there were approximately 18 shootings inside American schools in just two months, and the deadliest of these incidents was the one that took place inside Marjory Stoneman Dog High School in the state of Florida on the anniversary of Valentine's Day.
Reports indicate that 33,000 people have been victims of firearm crimes in a year alone.
Community Resistance to Shooting Crimes
As a result of the escalation of attacks by gunmen on civilians in schools, streets, or nightclubs, the United States has witnessed a state of community mobilization against government policies on gun legalization.
These movements criticize the policies of the two major parties on gun legalization, and even accuse them of colluding with the American Rifle Association (NRA) for financial gain, as the organization has reportedly donated to the election campaigns of these parties.
In this context, many social movements have emerged to resist the organization and its influence on government policies, and we will try to monitor the activities of the "For Our Lives" movement, which was founded after 17 people were killed in a shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Hundreds of people marched under the slogan "For Our Lives" across the United States to demand tougher gun laws.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans took part in massive marches demanding tighter gun controls. The march was led by student groups chanting "Let's go together for our lives," NBC estimated the number of participants at about 800,000, while about 175,000 demonstrators took part in the New York marches, according to the mayor.
The youth movement was formed after the shooting incident that took place in Florida during Valentine's Day celebrations, which killed 17 people.
The protesters called on lawmakers and politicians in both the Republican and Democratic parties to address this issue and not to be dragged into the pressures of the American Arms Organization.
The movement aims to pressure both houses of Congress to push for an amendment to gun laws by imposing more obstacles and restrictions to address this issue, especially after the sale of arms has turned into a toxic trade that takes the lives of civilians indiscriminately.
These measures include preventing the sale of advanced semi-automatic weapons, strengthening security measures around schools, training local security personnel to deal with such incidents, and working to introduce projects to tighten checks on people who buy weapons.
Individual Violence in the Counter-Terrorism Strategy 2018
The Counter-Terrorism Strategy has warned of an escalation of individual violence represented by individual violence, such as shootings, which have become routine.
Statistics indicate that the United States is the leader in the world, ranking first in terms of violence and killings with personal weapons.
These statistics indicate that the rate of reported crimes in the United States is six times higher than in Canada, for example. Shootings of civilians are from personal weapons 31% of what happens in all countries of the world.
Analysts say one of the most important reasons for the prevalence of shootings in the United States is directly related to U.S. laws that legalize gun carrying.
Reports indicate that most of the shooters in the recent period are from the category of teenagers under the age of 20, which some attribute to the idea of promoting violence, whether in Hollywood works or children's amusement games.
National Rifle Association (NRA), and Violence
The number of gun dealers in the United States reaches 130,000, and the number of stores specialized in selling weapons has reached 35,000, according to the American magazine "Business Insider".
Reports indicate that authorized arms dealers require customers to present their criminal status and a copy of their national ID, but on the other hand, there are many dealers who do not need any kind of identification papers, which represents a great danger to the state of social peace within the country.
Decision-making centers in Washington are under the control of the American Rifle Association (NRA), which is the most powerful lobby for decision-making in this regard.
The organization has donated about $15 million directly to partisan campaigns, especially to Republicans, since 2008.
Members of the gun organization For Our Lives see the gun lobby as lobbying not to amend gun laws or limit their possession by raising the age, and see the organization as Trump's main supporter.
Indeed, the National Rifle Association has rejected any efforts to raise the age limit for those who can obtain a gun, and the law sets who is allowed to carry a gun at the age of 18.
Anyone who follows the events of violence in the United States is well aware of the magnitude of this problem and its negative repercussions on American domestic policy.
In the aftermath of the Florida attack, some officials went on to work on legislation that would limit the ability to buy certain guns, including the AR-15 rifle used in Florida, and raise the age to 21 instead of 18, a proposal supported by President Donald Trump, who said, "It should be available at age 21, and the National Assembly will support it." On the contrary, the ILO ruled out that Trump would take the step.
The National Rifle Association said raising the gun age would not solve the problem of some teenagers accused of shootings.
Despite Trump's recent retreat on gun rights, such as his call to raise the age of gun ownership to 21, the issue of gun ownership was fully supported by him during his presidential campaign, as he reassured gun owners during his election campaign, announced that he would protect gun ownership as a constitutional right, and even went so far as to cancel some areas where guns are prohibited and accused Clinton of working to strip gun owners of their rights.
All of this was enough for the National Rifle Association to announce its support for the presidential candidate at the time, "Trump".
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