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The cover article in Time on April 2nd 2018， The School Shooting Generation Has Had Enough mentions that gun violence in America is one of those problems that can feel truly hopeless. The U.S. has only 4.4% of the world’s population， yet it accounts for roughly 42% of the world’s guns. And roughly 31% of the world’s mass shooters are American. Even as mass-shooting deaths mount， our Second Amendment has made gun rights a third-rail issue： roughly 90% of Americans agree on “commonsense” solutions like universal background checks， yet absolutists stand in the way of any meaningful action.

最新一期的美国《时代》周刊题为《校园枪击案一代受够了》的封面文章提到，美国的涉枪暴力问题让人感到解决无望。美国人口仅占世界的4.4%，却拥有全世界枪支总数的42%。全球大规模槍击事件中的枪手有大约31%是美国人。即便大规模枪击案件愈演愈烈，美国宪法第二修正案却让个人持枪权利成为了一个极具争议的话题。约90%的美国人赞同“常识性”的解决方案，即对购枪者做全面背景核查，而绝对禁枪主义者成为了采取任何有意义的行动的最大障碍。

The article with the title saying Trump Cabinet members accused of living large at taxpayer expense in Washingtonpost on April 1st， 2018， mentioned that during a Cabinet meeting last October， President Trump extolled the virtues of the men and women surrounding him at the table. Just several months later， Trump finds himself presiding over a Cabinet in which a number of members stand accused of living large at taxpayer expense — often by aggressively embracing the trappings of their high government posts.

2018年4月1日的《华盛顿邮报》刊登一篇题为《特朗普内阁涉嫌挥霍纳税人的钱》的文章称，就在去年（编者注：2017年）10月一次内阁会上，特朗普还对其“近臣”具有的美德赞赏有加。仅在数月过后，他发现自己主持的内阁中竟有大量高官因报销超标而被指控挥霍纳税人的金钱。