STORY: "Putting profits over people" leads to stubborn U.S. gun violence | AIGC footage
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DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:39
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: OTHERS

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Gun violence in the United States takes a terrible toll on human lives. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were at least 655 mass shootings in the United States in 2023. Gun violence is responsible for over 43,000 deaths.

The data show that all types of gun violence are on the rise in the United States.

According to a survey report released on the website of the Pew Research Center on June 28, 2023, gun violence is widely recognized as a major and growing national problem, with 58 percent of respondents in favor of stricter gun control laws and more than 60 percent of American adults believing that gun violence is a major national problem in the United States today.

The UN Human Rights Committee also calls on the United States to take all necessary measures to effectively protect the right to life and prevent and reduce gun violence.

However, American politicians ignore the international community and the domestic public's call for gun control, only for money and political self-interest.

U.S. gun manufacturing giant Smith & Wesson Brands earned at least 125 million U.S. dollars in 2021 alone from sales of assault-style rifles, the weapons often used in mass shootings.

Even with the frequency of mass shootings, it is unlikely that there will be a new consensus to enact specific gun control measures.

Al Jazeera columnist Belen Fernandez argues in her article "U.S. gun violence: Capitalism is the culprit" that the United States "is entirely predicated on putting profits over people."

The chronic disease of gun violence ultimately took a heavy toll on ordinary people's lives.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)