美国持枪自由与枪支暴力背后的原因探析

枪支问题是美国社会由来已久的一个公共议题。文章认为,该问题是美国早期特殊的历史、政治及社会状况所造成的必然结果,是美国传统的民主思想及宪法精神的一种具体体现。当前美国社会朝野各界关于枪支管制问题的争论广泛涉及文化传统、宪法权利、党派之争、利益集团政治、经济利益等多种因素,使枪支管制问题异常复杂、矛盾重重。因此,美国的枪支管制问题将是一个长期、曲折和漫长的过程。

The gun issue is a long-standing public issues in American society. According to the paper, the gun issue is the necessary outcome of early special historical,political and social status of America,and a kind of concrete embodiment of American traditional democratic thoughts and the spirit of the constitutions. The dispute over the gun control at present American government, the oppositions and the public widely involved a variety factors of cultural traditions,constitutional rights, partisanship, interest group politics and social economic interests, etc. it make the gun control extremely complex and contradictory. Therefore,the gun control will be a winding and perennial course in the U.S.