VOA常速英语:Shooter Previously Escaped from Mental Health Facility

Police revealed that gunman, Devin Kelly, escaped from a mental health center five years ago. After sneaking guns into a US Air Force Base and making threats against commanders. It was around the same time that Kelly was court-martialed by the Air Force and later sentenced for assaulting his first wife and infant stepson.However his criminal conviction was not registered in the FBI database used for background checks.
警方透露，枪手凯文五年前有过从精神卫生中心逃脱的经历。在把枪偷偷带到美国空军基地并威胁指挥官之后，大约在同一时间，凯利被空军告上军事法庭,后来又因为虐待第一任妻子和襁褓中的继子而受到监禁。然而，他的犯罪嫌疑记录并没有被联邦调查局的数据库录入，用于枪支购买的背景调查。

“There was nothing in our databases that precluded him from purchasing power.”
我们的数据库中没有任何信息表明当局需要阻止他购买枪支。

The Air Force admits they never informed the FBI about his conviction. It’s a mistake that allowed him to legally buy the murder weapon.
空军方面也承认，他们从未向联邦调查局通报凯利的罪名，这个失误导致他可以合法购买凶器。

“If you are a domestic abuser, you’re not supposed to own a gun. He was a domestic abuser.That’s why we got all these questions with the Air Force right now, which is how did this get slipped through the cracks,how is it that this person who was convicted of domestic abuse by the Air Force, how did he get through the system and get a gun.”
假如你是家暴人员，那你就不应该拥有枪支。他就是一个家暴男。这也是为什们我们现在和空军方面有这些问题的原因，其中就包括：这些犯罪记录是如何不被记录在案的，这个人是如何被空军判为家庭暴力罪犯的，他又是如何通过联邦调查局的配枪检验而合法买到枪的？

As investigators search for answers about Sunday’s attack, many argue the focus should be on gun control.
当刑侦人员在调查周日袭击事件的真相时，舆论方面认为政府应该将重点放在枪支管控上。

“If there wasn’t so much easy access to getting guns and that , this wouldn’t be happening.you know people are just able to get these guns more freely and there should be more higher rules and regulations and laws against, against guns.”
如果枪支没那么容易买到，这件事情就不会发生。你知道的，如果人们能够更自由地购买这些枪支，就应该有更多更高的法规和法律来反对枪支。

The number two Republican in the Senate says, it’s an issue where even a divided Congress can find common ground.
参议院的二号共和党人说，这个问题即使是意见不同的国会也会有相同的看法。

“There are areas of consensus and that has to do with the background check system,keeping guns out of the hands of people with mental illness, convicted felons people who commit domestic violence.But tragically we saw that the system failed and 26 people are now dead, 20 more wounded.”
人们对背景检查系统达成一些共识，同意将枪支从患有精神疾病并且被判处家暴重罪的人的手中拿走。但不幸的是，我们看到的是系统失灵，有26人丧生，20人受伤。

At the Sutherland Springs community tries to cope with the loss of their friends and neighbors, the nation resumes its arguments over gun control.
在萨瑟兰斯普林斯社区，人们正努力适应失去亲友和邻居的生活，国家又掀起了一轮对枪支管制的争论。

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