미국 버지니아에서 26일(현지시간) 발생한 기자 총격 사건 소식이 전해진 이후, 트위터에는 '#DearAmerica'라는 해시태그가 등장했다.
허핑턴포스트UK가 전한 바에 따르면, 전 세계 트위터 이용자들은 정중하게 '제발 서로 죽이지 말라'고 조언하고 있다.
"대체 얼마나 많은 무고한 생명이 더 희생되어야 총기를 규제할 것인지"를 묻는 이용자도 있었고, "우리는 미국의 총기(허용)법이 멍청하다고 생각한다"는 얘기도 있었다.
아래는 그 중 일부를 모은 것이다.
Dear America, Look at how many people are killed by guns in the UK compared to the US. Consider which you'd prefer.
— Thom Feeney (@ThomFeeney) August 26, 2015
Dear America,
The rest of the civilised world recognises that your gun culture is the cause of these deaths. The NRA are not your friends.
— Dawkins Dog (@DawkinsDog) August 26, 2015
Dear America,
Sort your gun laws. And don't get us started on Trump.
Sincerely,
The Rest of the World
— Lesley Bremner (@mrs_bremner) August 26, 2015
Dear America, Stop praying, stop talking, DO SOMETHING to change your gun laws! How many more senseless deaths will you accept?
— Karen Bailey (@KazzieLB) August 26, 2015
A Letter to America. Dear America, so sad to see more gun madness. Please try and work out stringent guns laws, ASAP https://t.co/fyL6MbOTw6
— Godfrey Oswald, MSc (@GodfreyOSWALD) August 26, 2015
Dear America please wake up and finally do something about your serious gun problem you're embarrassing yourself #guncontrol
— chloe (@_osnapitzchloe) August 26, 2015
Dear America,
Kids get killed in class, journalists get killed on tv, innocent people get killed in cinemas
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO STOP THIS
— Goddess Miss Foxx UK (@MissFoxx_FD) August 26, 2015
Dear America,
Sort your gun (lack of) control out.
Sincerely,
Your concerned parent, England.
— Red Soled Gooner (@RedSoledGooner) August 26, 2015
Dear America, little kids slaughtered in the classroom, people blown apart in a cinema, now people shot dead live on TV. What will it take?
— JD (@that_JD) August 26, 2015
Dear America, how many more people have to die needlessly before you step up your gun control?
— the dayman (@_ofglxry) August 26, 2015
Dear America: stop shooting each other.
— Meh. (@HeyItsHigbe) August 26, 2015
Dear America,
We love you. We really do. No one is saying don't own guns. Just make it harder for crazies to just stroll out and buy one.
— Elnathan (@elnathan) August 26, 2015
Dear America, you've had 200+ years to prove you could be responsible with guns. You blew it. #confiscate#governmentbuyback
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) August 26, 2015
Dear America, when will you learn your lesson? You NEED stricter gun laws. This is getting ridiculous. It's very sad.
— ཞคc͙♄ɛƖ G⃠ʄ (@_Rachellll4) August 26, 2015
Dear America,
Sort your gun laws. And don't get us started on Trump.
Sincerely,
The Rest of the World
— Lesley Bremner (@mrs_bremner) August 26, 2015
Dear America. Stop being so fucked up. Thanks. #guncontrol@NRA
— rob (@robfraser111) August 26, 2015
#DearAmerica why must innocent ppl have to lose their lives for you to understand that you have a gun problem. Sincerely, rest of the world????
— Simba Alexis Sanchez (@DeRozenDontCare) August 26, 2015
Dear America, why would any nation, other than a totally moronic one, see fit to let its people have almost unhindered access to firearms?
— StephandDom (@DephandStom) August 26, 2015
#DearAmerica can you please stop shooting each other. Put your guns away, stop selling them to madmen and get a grip!
— Stephen McGill (@StephenMcGill) August 26, 2015
Dear America,
We think your gun laws are stupid.
Sincerely,
The rest of the world. #WDBJshooting
— Gill Barrie (@gill_barrie) August 26, 2015
Dear America, what will it take for you realise that you are not quite the amazing democracy that you think you are? Change your gun laws!
— Stephen Le Quesne (@SLeQuesne) August 26, 2015
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