Dan Gross: Why gun violence can't be our new normal
丹·格羅斯: 為什麼槍枝暴力不能成為新常態
As president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Dan Gross seeks to cut US gun deaths in half by 2025. Full bio
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obsessed with advertising.
Saturday morning cartoons,
to get inside my head.
at a big New York ad agency.
on February 23, 1997,
一夕之間風雲變色
was shot in the head
on the observation deck
into the middle of a nightmare,
was going to die,
to say goodbye to him,
recovering from a traumatic brain injury.
yeah, deserves it --
是的 他值得我們尊敬
was a nightmare for my family,
it could have been;
it is for the 90 families every day
sisters, sons, daughters, parents.
兄弟姊妹 妻兒老小
a disgraceful national epidemic
this disgraceful national epidemic,
的全國性瘟疫做點什麼
to preventing gun violence
that made me love advertising,
how to engage people.
finding common ground,
with what you want.
和你想要的有所重疊
when it comes to gun violence,
講到槍械暴力
at people who love to hunt,
對於數百萬的國民
is actually a school holiday.
學生可以放假
They love their guns.
他們喜愛他們的槍
to own those guns.
there isn't common ground.
和他們的想法毫無重疊
of keeping guns out of dangerous hands.
基本概念開始講起
certain guns away from all people.
away from certain people,
we all agree shouldn't have guns:
domestic abusers,
家暴者
have been incredibly effective
有效的防止
out of those dangerous hands.
at federally licensed firearm dealers
攔截2400萬筆
shouldn't have guns.
you probably also appreciate
of gun sales every day
to get on an airplane --
and one with no security.
另一條則否
agreement among the American public:
美國大眾壓倒性的贊成:
expanding Brady background checks
布雷迪背景調查法
90 percent of Republicans,
包含了
過80%的擁槍者
of the American public disagrees.
of the American public
that believes the government
in our TV broadcast signals.
about background checks.
in the hands and homes
奉公守法的好公民
like you and me,
including keeping our families safe.
are choosing to own guns.
選擇買槍的原因
of the American public
makes your home safer.
underbelly of advertising,
a big enough lie enough times,
has spent billions of dollars
into the public health epidemic
from talking to parents
and other technology
from firing parents' guns
as a threat to their bottom line.
take their own lives every year.
they're almost all with a parent's gun.
happen with a gun taken from the home,
的凶槍都是家裡帶來的
part of my job.
consequences of a very bad decision,
by very bad people,
the misery that they're causing,
of the day, all of us.
about the nightmare of gun violence.
and it's a dream we all share,
of a better, safer, future.
for the Brady Campaign,
也為了布雷德運動
in the US in half by 2025.
減半的目標上
all of you here tonight
that dream is so absolutely within reach.
where you can look back and say,
really started to change."
to end gun violence in America,
has come together by the millions
based on that common ground,
in malls and movie theaters
of gun violence in homes and streets
and young black men
shouldn't have them.
of craven politicians
of the corporate gun lobby
they have been elected to represent.
it's not just the usual suspects like me
in the US seem to start --
it's not really a joke.
political and advocacy issues
celebrities using their platforms,
would have imagined
about it this year.
this cultural change is happening.
an unsolicited passionate appeal
that are heating up.
third-rail issue for Democrats.
to reverse very bad positions
until very recently.
their negative NRA ratings --
by the corporate gun lobby,
他們仍然比我們更有資源
and we have the truth on our side.
我們站在真理這一邊
democratizes information.
可以將信息變得更加民主
of the organizing tools that plug into it
support really looks like.
and attacking instantly by the millions,
並瞬間以百萬的數量來攻擊
close -- and this is the bottom line --
are doing about it.
was that calls from the other side,
in San Bernardino,
into Congress in 24 hours.
the light of day anytime soon.
to repeal some of the most evil,
passed over the last dark decade.
is clearly being broken.
historic executive actions.
Brady background checks
that didn't have them previously.
we're not just waiting
be the definition of insanity.
跟婚姻平權一樣
the last to wake up and realize
because the American public shakes them.
what we're doing right now,
cross-country to give a speech
although far less intimidating,
happened to be binge-watching
TV shows, "Mad Men,"
about how to end my remarks,
every now and then,
in an office or around children
或在孩子面前吸煙
or sexually harassing a coworker.
to end gun violence.
the world has changed
considered commonplace or normal --
in just a generation or two,
變得不可想像
about our common ground.
we have the potential to create
the terrible nightmare of gun violence,
might only be able to imagine
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dan Gross - Gun-control activistAs president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Dan Gross seeks to cut US gun deaths in half by 2025.
Why you should listen
"For too long we've been playing Mister Nice Guy," says Dan Gross, who takes an unapologetic stance against gun violence in the United States. As leader of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, he's fought a fierce battle in favor of background checks and against "bad apple" firearms dealers. Through aggressive media campaigns, he leads the charge to transform the nation's conversation on guns and gun safety.
Gross's activism stems from personal tragedy: in 1997, his brother was permanently disabled in a shooting at the Empire State Building, inspiring Gross to found the Center to Prevent Youth Violence (now known as PAX).
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