Chapter 455: Preparation for the National High School League

Chamberlain underestimated the impact of this incident.

The violence of gun abuse has always been an unresolved problem in the American Republic, because the right of American citizens to own guns is written into the Constitution, and since the first day of the country's founding, this is an unquestionable golden rule.

According to the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: A well-governed militia is necessary for the security of a free state, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be violated.

That is to say, the U.S. Constitution stipulates that individual ownership of guns is a natural human right, and weapons have become part of civil rights, and to ban guns is to deprive citizens of their rights, and to amend the Constitution, so that if you want to ban guns, you have to amend the Constitution.

Moreover, proponents of gun self-defense argue that Americans have always practiced self-defense. In modern society, people should be able to protect themselves from robbery, rape, assault and theft. For modern city life, the problem of crime is as real as the dangers faced by the forefathers who conquered the frontiers.

The right to self-defence is part of the natural right to life, liberty and happiness proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence. Possession of a firearm is a means used by a person to protect this natural right. In the United States, there have been examples of 80-year-old women in wheelchairs who could not move around and took out a pistol under a wheelchair to shoot a strong young gangster who came in to rob him, and there was a miracle of a six-year-old child taking out a pistol and knocking down a gangster after his parents were knocked unconscious by a gangster who broke into his home and robbed him. When the security of schools in the United States is not good, many parents rush to send guns to their children living in schools to defend themselves.

As we all know, the problem of firearms crime in the United States is very serious, and the human rights record points out that the United States has the largest number of privately owned guns in the world. According to statistics from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the 309 million people in the United States own nearly 250 million guns, and most people who own guns have more than one gun. Americans buy 7 billion rounds of ammunition a year, rising to 9 billion in 2008.

According to the FBI report, in 2008, a total of 14,180 people died in the United States as a result of gun homicides. Criminals used firearms and other weapons in murders, robberies, and aggravated assaults, respectively, in 66.9 per cent, 43.5 per cent, and 21.4 per cent.

In addition, shootings have spread and escalated in schools, making them the hardest hit areas for violent crime. According to a report by the Heritage Foundation, 11.3 percent of high school students in Washington, D.C., experienced the threat of a gun or other weapon on campus in the 2007-2008 school year, more than 900 emergency calls were made to Washington, D.C., public schools for violent crime, 17,666 violent incidents in New Jersey public schools, and 107 aggravated crimes in five colleges of the City University of New York between 2006 and 2007.

As 2008 drew to a close, the year saw the following number of large-scale school gun violence cases alone: On April 16, 2008, at least 33 people were killed in the worst school shooting in U.S. history at Virginia Tech.

On January 3, 2008, a 17-year-old student at Fox High School in Tacoma, Washington, was shot and killed by another student.

On October 2, 2008, at least four people, including the hijackers, were killed and seven injured in a school shooting at a community school in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

On September 29, 2008, a 15-year-old student at a Wisconsin middle school returned to school with a gun and shot and killed the principal multiple times.

On September 27, 2008, six girls were taken hostage at a high school in Colorado, and one was killed

On August 24, 2008, two people were killed and three others were injured in a shooting at an elementary school in Chitenden County, Vermont.

Banning guns is a very controversial topic in American society, some people support it, and more people oppose it, and one of the biggest arguments of the opposition is that "citizens have the right to bear guns, which is the price that must be paid for freedom".

This is the reason why some Americans oppose the ban on guns, especially from members of the National Rifle Association, which has 4 million members in the United States, which has made it difficult for successive U.S. administrations to limit guns.

Over the years, the National Rifle Association has blocked a number of proposals to limit gun ownership, insisting that the freedom to own guns is the only talisman that people can stand up to an oppressive government, and citing Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution Amendment, "The Inviolable Right of the People to Own Weapons," as their legal basis, arguing that the government has no right to tell people how many and what kinds of guns they can own.

In response to frequent school shootings, these opponents of gun bans believe that "guns don't kill" and that only "people kill."

Similarly, the United States is a country that needs superheroes, and the National Rifle Association once said that no one stops when gun violence happens? This is because the parties are cowards and sissies, which has nothing to do with what the thugs are holding, if there are indeed heroes, even if the thugs are holding submachine guns, they will fight back.

Now, Zhang Zhen has become such a person.

At first, a small number of media carried out YY on the photo of Zhang Zhen capturing Habion, and carefully shaped a story, a story of PLA veterans who acted bravely and fulfilled their duties. But the bigwigs of the National Rifle Association – such as the presidents and general managers of Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman – were struck by the report: Isn't what Zhang Zhen is doing to support their arguments? Isn't that their argument?

As a result, the media under the influence of these bigwigs reported on this incident one after another, all from the front, and after the reporters' fabrication, Zhang Zhen became indeed popular in the United States.

Even in China, his fame is very great, Chinese citizens really have nothing to show abroad, every time the news is negative, either soaking their feet in the fountain, or defecating in the open, or carving words in people's churches, this time finally came a positive news, netizens boiled.

The Chinese government also paid attention to this matter, because Zhang Zhen's identity was a veteran, and Conquest has been committed to improving the country's image in the eyes of foreigners, so a fire was also burned in the country, not only reported Zhang Zhen's righteous and courageous deeds, but also the military added some light to Zhang Zhen's resume: during the service, he participated in the flood relief and made a third-class meritorious service, and on the way home to visit relatives, he fought with gangsters and made a second-class meritorious service......

Zhang Zhen couldn't help but gasp when he saw the relevant reports, I said, chiefs, if I have made so many contributions, as for the way to come all the way to the United States to work? I must have stayed in the army for further study.

The army doesn't care, it's just a fake anyway, and you don't need to spend money, just type a few words.

In this way, Zhang Zhen's fame has risen, he is already a celebrity at home and abroad, and "You Come to Talk Show", which once interviewed Iverson, invited Zhang Zhen to do a show for the first time. Zhang Zhen is a real person, and he won't take it if the credit is not his own, but now it's impossible for him to get out, and even the domestic government has created momentum for him, does he dare to say that he is just playing soy sauce at this time? Besides, Chamberlain also told him in advance that this matter must be bitten to death, so he said that he did it.

Zhang Zhen has been polite at the show scene, just saying "this is what he should do, any man with a conscience must take responsibility at that time, he just scrupulously does his duty because he is a security guard" and so on, so that Americans have a better impression of him - look at this Chinese, how modest!

With the passage of time, the influence of this matter has further expanded, not only has it not come to an end, but it has become more and more hot, and even the famous "Oprah Talk Show" in the United States is said to be planning to ask him to do the show.

Of course, although there are some troubles about becoming a celebrity, it is more of a benefit, not to mention that there will be a bonus every time he does a show, just say that his work has been directly turned into a regular and Chamberlain convened a school board of directors to promote Zhang Zhen to the school's new security captain, with a weekly salary of 1,500 US dollars, which is already the middle class in the United States.

St. Lawrence High School also showed its face in this incident, of course, at first their image was not glamorous, because Harbion did it because of the school's layoffs. However, Habien dared to attack the students with a gun, which also shows from the side that the school's decision is correct, how can such a person take on such an important position as a security captain? This kind of work has to be handed over to a hero like Zhang Zhen.

Habien was really unlucky, when the police interrogated him, he swore that the wounds on his body were caused by dolls, which of course no one believed: a teenage girl with a height of less than 1.6 meters put down and severely injured a strong black man who was more than 1.9 meters tall and armed with a submachine gun? This is a movie, it's not like that.

Of course, there are also people who believe Habion's words, such as the two bastards who were once kicked by dolls and the bodyguard who was shot in the legs by dolls, but no one cares about their opinions.

Habien insisted on his own statement, the police are upset, you kid is going to pretend to be a psychopath, right? Want to get away with the law, right? Hey, your brain spins pretty fast, but you're underestimating our IQ, aren't you? If you don't say it, you will be sentenced heavily!

Later, as Zhang Zhen's fame became more and more famous, the fame of St. Lawrence Middle School also followed, after all, the shooting did not cause deaths, but only minor injuries. The hype is like this, no one pays attention to whether the hype is a good thing or a bad thing, anyway, it just becomes famous.

More and more people are paying attention to St. Lawrence High School, especially St. Lawrence High School, which has achieved an unprecedented record in the San Francisco Bay Area High School League.

Time into December, Chamberlain is particularly busy, because Christmas Eve and Christmas are approaching, in addition to the national high school basketball league in which St. Lawrence High School participates is also in fierce battles.

The Warriors also have a tight schedule for December, with a total of 17 games, including a depressing Christmas game for Chamberlain, against the Lakers, the No. 1 team in the West, who have lost only three of their 28 games so far, the most in the league.

was already busy, but there was another school shooting, Chamberlain felt like he was going crazy, but fortunately, there was a Chamberlain who was proficient in pedagogy to help, and Taylor also stabilized the students' emotions as her idol, otherwise he would have to be busy to death.

Too many things off the field have involved Chamberlain's energy, and Nelson Sr. also intends to let him rest and adjust, since the middle of December, Chamberlain has not played more than 35 minutes in a game, compared to last season, he played a lot of time this season.

Of course, Chamberlain's stats have dropped with less playing time, averaging 27 points, 15 rebounds and 4 per game in December. 6 blocks, compared with the data in November, it has shrunk a lot, but no one dares to attack him, such as the Green Shirts and the Suns, who dare to attack him, the end is obvious to all.

On December 23, 2008, on Christmas Eve, Chamberlain led the team to the National High School League against the star team of the California Division, Bishop Mitty High School.