當地時間12月2日中午11時左右，美國南加州地區聖貝納迪諾縣發生槍擊案。據新華網報導，一男一女兩名嫌犯已經死亡，另有一名嫌犯被扣押。槍擊事件共造成14人死亡，17人受傷。
警方表示，已死亡的兩名嫌犯，各自持有長槍和手槍。幾小時後，警方發現了他們逃離現場時駕駛的深色SUV汽車並與之交火，兩名嫌犯被擊斃。
美國近年來不斷發生槍擊案件，這一現象也引起了美國總統歐巴馬的強烈關注。在得知南加州槍擊案發生後，歐巴馬第n次呼籲加強對於槍枝的管控。
據中新網報導，歐巴馬在接受美國媒體採訪時表示，「美國能夠採取一些措施，即使無法完全阻止每一起槍擊案，也能有效減少槍擊案發生的頻率。美國應通過立法實施更嚴格的控槍，比如根據目前法律，被運輸安全管理局規定禁止乘坐飛機的公民卻可以合法買到槍枝，國會兩黨議員應採取行動堵上槍枝管理漏洞，美國能夠讓本國人民變得「更安全」。」
Two suspects, a male and a female, were dead and one possible suspect in custody after the deadly shooting that has killed at least 14 people and injured 17 others in San Bernardino City of Southern California on Wednesday (Dec 2).
San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan told a press conference that police found a suspected explosive device in the Inland Regional Center building where the shooting happened at around 11:00 am local time. Police are still searching the building.
The two killed suspects were one male and one female. Both of them had rifles and handguns. Their dark SUV which they drove to flee was found several hours later in the afternoon by police and after a while of chasing they stopped and exchanged gunfire with police at a residential area several miles away from the shooting scene. Both were killed during the gunfire.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed his call for stricter gun control.
"What we do know is that there are steps we can take to make Americans safer and that we should come together on a bipartisan basis at every level of government to make these (mass shooting incidents) rare as opposed to normal," said Obama in an interview with the U.S. TV network CBS News.
"We should never think that this is something that just happens in the ordinary course of events, 'cause it doesn't happen with the same frequency in other countries,'" he said, echoing the remarks he had already used on several occasions this year after mass shooting incidents.
馬上學：《華盛頓郵報》2012年曾報導，在過去50年全球發生的25起槍擊大案中，有15起發生在美國，在大多數案件中，兇手都合法擁有槍枝。《洛杉磯時報》今年8月援引的一項調查數據顯示，美國一百個人擁有槍枝88.8支，境內槍枝總數量為2.7億。在美國，民眾要求禁槍的呼聲從未斷絕。
2012年美國紐頓市校園槍擊案發生以後，歐巴馬明確表示要實行槍枝管控（gun control）。由於公民擁有槍枝的權利受到美國憲法第二條修正案（Second Amendment）的保護，歐巴馬的決定在美國國內引起了很大爭議。所以，歐巴馬曾在2013年國情諮文中避免使用gun control等敏感字眼，換之以「購槍者背景審核（background checks）、禁售攻擊性槍枝與大容量彈夾（get weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines off our streets）」等具體措施來呼籲實行更嚴格的控槍政策。
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