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U.S. NEWS Dialuna 30 Mei 2022

Governors diverge on gun control, school security efforts

(AP) - As the U.S. mourns in mental health services and
the victims of its latest mass training to try to help people
shooting — 19 elementary potentially prone to a violent
school students and two outburst.
teachers gunned down in Should people younger than
Texas — Democratic gov- 21 be prohibited from buy-
ernors are amplifying their ing semi-automatic guns?
calls for greater restrictions Should ammunition maga-
on guns. zines be limited to no more
Many Republican governors than 10 bullets?
are emphasizing a different Many Democratic governors
solution: more security at said “yes.”
schools. “If you’re not serious about
The divide among the na- guns, you’re not serious
tion’s governors mirrors a about crime prevention. I
partisan split that has stymied think that’s more true today
action in Congress and many than ever before,” said Dem-
state capitols over how best ocratic Gov. Ned Lamont
to respond to a record-high of Connecticut, where 20
number of gun-related deaths students and six adults were
in the U.S. The political dif- killed at Sandy Hook Ele-
ferences tap deep into the mentary School a decade ago.
country’s roots, highlight- Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
ing the tensions between life, said he supports limits on
liberty and the constitutional both bullet capacities and the
rights spelled out in the na- purchase of semi-automatic
tion’s founding documents. weapons. He rallied Friday
After the massacre Tuesday with gun-control advocates
at Robb Elementary School in Philadelphia while de-
in Uvalde, Texas, The Asso- nouncing his state’s Repub- limiting the capacity of fire- rights. ing “a significant amount of
ciated Press asked governors lican-led Legislature for not arm magazines and raising “Stricter gun laws are not a money” on efforts to ensure
across the U.S. whether they passing his gun proposals. the general age to buy guns solution to this problem – we schools are protected against
believed their states have an “They would rather cave in to 21, with exceptions for 18- must focus our attention on potential attacks. He didn’t
obligation to reduce mass cravenly to the gun manufac- to 20-year-olds who undergo the status of mental health outline exactly what that se-
shootings and violence com- turing lobby than pass com- a firearms safety course. in our communities,” Dun- curity would entail.
mitted with guns and, if so, monsense legislation that Other Republican governors leavy’s office said in email. Republican governors were
how to do that. would keep children from either sidestepped the AP’s Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine more likely to support ef-
About half the governor’s dying,” Wolf said. questions about specific gun- said he would not endorse forts to strengthen security at
offices responded to the AP. Among Republican gover- control measures or said they such gun-control propos- schools. The AP asked about
There was agreement that nors who responded to the opposed them. Alaska Gov. als, because he believes they proposals to arm teachers and
they had a responsibility to AP, only Vermont Gov. Phil Mike Dunleavy was a firm have no chance of passing in staff with firearms, add secu-
try to do something. Demo- Scott expressed support for “no” on setting bullet limits the state’s GOP-led Legisla- rity guards or secure schools
crats and Republicans alike such gun control efforts. or age restrictions that could ture. DeWine, a Republican, with such things as metal de-
mentioned the need to invest Scott signed a law in 2018 infringe on constitutional instead proposed spend- tectors and fencing.

Chinatowns more vibrant after pandemic, anti-Asian violence

(AP) - The last week of April over the streets throughout one-two punch when the panies and younger Asian that deadline a little bit earlier
was a whirlwind for San the night. Traditional lion pandemic caused shutdowns Americans from outside in order to be able to address
Francisco’s Chinatown. and dragon dances, a couture and racist anti-Asian attacks these historic Chinatowns. the 20, 30, 40, empty store-
The storied neighborhood fashion show and other pub- increased — and continue. Wells Fargo partnered with fronts that are increasingly
debuted the “AAPI Com- lic “art activations” were fea- As painful as those events are, the Chinatown Media & Arts rising in the community,”
munity Heroes Mural,” a tured in the block party-like they also indelibly influenced Collaborative on the “he- said Leung, who characteriz-
mostly black and white de- event. the reemergence of various roes” mural. Everyone want- es Chinatown as a “museum
piction of 12 mostly unsung Cultural and arts organiza- Chinatowns as close-knit ed to “really address anti- without walls.”
Asian American and Pacific tions in Chinatowns across hubs of vibrancy and culture. Asian hate and to uplift Asian Josh Chuck, a local film-
Islander figures on the wall North America have worked Cynthia Choi, co-founder American voices,” said Jenny maker behind the documen-
of a bank. Three days later for decades on bringing great- of the Stop AAPI Hate re- Leung, executive director of tary “Chinatown Rising,”
“Neon Was Never Brighter,” er appreciation and visibility porting center, is still “blown the Chinese Culture Cen- has noticed younger genera-
the first ever Chinatown con- to these communities. But away” to be one of the heroes ter of San Francisco, which tions dining or participating
temporary arts festival, took they faced an unprecedented painted in the San Francisco is part of the Collaborative. in events in Chinatowns. A
mural. But being at the festi- Youths voted on who to put friend who works in tech be-
val was equally touching for on the mural. gan last year picking up or-
her. “Frequently the way that ders for friends who wanted
“I got really emotional be- Chinatown looks is imported to support Chinatown res-
cause it’s been so long since as a tourist kind of attraction taurants. Soon he was mak-
I’d seen so many people and fantasy for visitors to ing spreadsheets to track 400
come out to Chinatown, es- see,” Leung said. “It’s never deliveries.
pecially at night. I had heard really about celebrating the “Honestly, there’s no way I
so many of my friends or community’s perspective and could have imagined some-
family saying, ’I don’t want voice.” thing that would galvanize
to go to Chinatown,” she The idea for the “Neon” fes- these people that I know.
said. “I knew it was going to tival was briefly discussed Even myself, like, I feel much
be fun and exciting, but I was pre-pandemic. But the events more connected and com-
really moved.” of the last two years lent ur- mitted,” Chuck said. “It’s a
There has been renewed at- gency to it. silver lining.”
tention from cities, com- “We wanted to kind of push