"A lot of my friends are being killed, and they don't have the civil rights yet. These guys are gonna make it happen"

10 days ago
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on April 20, 2023

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Beijing Daily: According to the latest data on April 18 from the Gun Violence Archive, there have been at least 164 mass shootings in the US this year, bringing the total gun deaths to 12,486. A latest CBS News/YouGov survey shows that 61 percent of the Americans interviewed report feeling "frustrated" over the political gun debate, and 77 percent of parents of school-aged children say that they worry their kids may be hurt by gun violence. Do you have any comment?

Wang Wenbin: I noted relevant reports and that some US media call mass shootings their national shame. Year after year, the US publishes thousands of pages of annual Human Rights Reports on countries of the world and dictates to them about their human rights record. But can't the US just for once do something actually meaningful for protecting its people and tackling its gun violence problem?
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