years ago, a bipartisan, commonsense bill would have required backgroundchecks for virtually everyone who buys a gun. Keep in mind, this policy was supported by some90% of the American people. It was supported by a majority of NRA households. But the gunlobby mobilized against it. And the Senate blocked it.
而现在国会却依然无动于衷，没有做出任何行动来防止此类事件发生在其他家庭身上。三年前，一份两党联合的基本法案本来要求对几乎所有枪支购买人员进行背景审查的。请大家记住，这份法案当时得到了90%的美国民众的支持，而且也得到了美国步枪协会大部分会员的支持。但是，枪支游说团体强烈反对。最后在参议院未获通过。
Since then, tens of thousands of our fellow Americans have been mowed down by gun violence.Tens of thousands. Each time, we’re told that commonsense reforms like background checksmight not have stopped the last massacre, or the one before that, so we shouldn’t do anything.
自那时起，成千上万的美国同胞因枪支暴力惨遭杀害。成千上万的人啊。而每一次事件之后，他们总是会说，背景审查之类的普通改革并不一定能阻止这种屠杀事件的发生，也阻止不了以前的事件发生，因此，我们也不必要做任何事情。
We know that we can’t stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even oneWhat ifCongress did something – anything – to protect our kids from gun violence
我们都知道，我们是不能阻止每一起暴力事件。但哪怕我们能成功阻止一件呢？哪怕国会做点什么，保护我们的孩子免受枪支暴力威胁，做什么都行。
A few months ago, I directed my team at the White House to look into any new actions I can taketo help reduce gun violence. And on Monday, I’ll meet with our Attorney General, Loretta Lynch,to discuss our options. Because I get too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sitaround and do nothing. I get letters from responsible gun owners who grieve with us every timethese tragedies happen; who share my belief that the Second Amendment guarantees a right tobear arms; and who share my belief we can protect that right while keeping an irresponsible,dangerous few from inflicting harm on a massive scale.