Umpu womntwana kunye neengozi zokudubula azinqabile. Ziyinye yezihlandlo ezilishumi eziphambili ezibangelwa ukufa kweengozi kuzo zonke iindidi ezingaphandle kwintsana kunye neentsana.
Ngo-2007, kwakukho ukufa kwabantwana abangenabungozi abangama-122, kunye neengozi ezingaphezulu kwee-3,060 ze-firefighter kunye neengozi zokudubula , ezibangele abantwana abaqikelelwayo abangama-1,375 abafuna ukufakwa esibhedlele ngenxa yokonakaliswa kwabo.
Ukufa okungekho ngamagumbi okufa kwabantwana kuye kwahlala malunga namanqanaba afanayo ukususela ngo-114, ukufa kwabantwana kunye nentsha engaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-18 ngo-2010.
Zingaphi iingozi zokuzingela abantwana? Oku kunzima ukusithetha, njengoko kungabonakali ukuba yinkcazelo yelizwe ngokulandelwa kweengozi zokuzingela. I-Hunter Incident Clearinghouse ye-International Hunter Education Association, engakhange ihlaziywe kutshanje, iingxelo ezingama-27 ezengozi zokudubula ezinxulumene nokuzingela ngo-2007 kubantwana kunye nentsha engaphantsi kwe-18 ubudala. Oku kubandakanya okungenani ukufa omnye, oneminyaka eyi-14 ubudala waseGeorgia owabethongelwa ngokungenalutho esifubeni ngomnye oneminyaka eli-14 ubudala (oye wagqiba umgangatho wezemfundo yokuzingela) ngoxa bezingela ama squirrels.
Ngo-2006, i-Hunter Incident Clearinghouse yabika ukufa kwabantu abathathu kunye neengozi zokudubula ezihlobene nokuzingela ezingama-38 kubantwana kunye nentsha. Omncinane wayeneminyaka emi-5 kuphela ubudala. Ukufumana iinkcukacha zengozi zamathuba okuzingela zakutshanje, kuya kufuneka ukuba uye kwi-ejensi yokulondolozwa kwezilwanyana zorhulumente ngamnye kwaye uzame ukuyifumana.
Iingozi Zokuzingela
I-National Shooting Sports Foundation ifuna yonke i-statistics yokuzingela ingozi eyenza ukulimala ukuzingela njengendawo ethile phakathi kokudlala ibhilididi kunye nesigxina kwaye kuncinci kunokudlala igalofu kunye ne-tennis. Ukubeka olu hlobo lokucinga ngolu hlobo, nangona kunjalo, xa kuthelekiswa nokudlala igalofu kunye ne-tennis, akuyona ingozi yokuzingela equka ukudubula okunokwenzeka ukuba kubulawe?
Kwaye le yintlobo yeengozi zokudubula ezihlobene nokuzingela abantu abakhathalelayo ngazo.
Oku akuthethi ukuba akufanele uthabathe abantwana bakho ukuzingela. Ufuna nje ukwenza okukhuselekileyo kunokunceda ukunciphisa umngcipheko wengane yakho yokulimaza kwaye ugweme ezi ntlobo zeengozi zokuzingela eziye zabikwa kwiminyaka embalwa edlulayo:
- Uneminyaka eyi-14 ubudala e-Calaveras County, eCalifornia, owafa emva kokuba adutshulwa ngengozi eneminyaka engama-16 ubudala xa bezingela.
- Uneminyaka eyi-17 ubudala e-Anderson County, eSouth Carolina, owafa emva kokuba ephoswe ngeso lengqondo ngumyeni wakhe wesibini kunye nesibhamu sakhe esiphezulu njengokuba bezingela inyamazane.
- Uneminyaka eyi-10 ubudala e-Cache County, e-Utah, owafa emva kokuba engadutshulwa ngendoda engumngcwaba owayekhupha isibhamu sakhe phambi kwamasondo amane xa ecinywa.
- Umntwana oneminyaka engu-16 ubudala wase-Exeter, eCalifornia owafa xa ezingela kunye nosapho kunye nabahlobo emva kokudubula ngokungacwangcanga xa ehamba phambi kwabanye abazingeli.
- Umntwana oneminyaka eyi-14 ubudala wasePalisade, Colorado, owafa emva kokuba wadutshulwa esifubeni xa uzingela umloba noyise.
- Uneminyaka engama-12 ubudala e-Stephens County, e-Oklahoma, owabanjwe esibhedlele emva kokuba umzalwana wakhe oneminyaka engu-10 ubudala, amdubule ngaphandle kwakhe emva kokuba ehlwitha waza wawa nesibhamu esandleni sakhe xa ezingela.
- Uneminyaka eyi-15 ubudala eMinot, eNorth Dakota owafa xa ezingela uyise ngexesha leveki yokuvula yexesha lembeku.
- indoda eyayisondele kufuphi neButte, eMontana eyayisemgangathweni emva kokuba yayidutshulwa ngesisu ngesibhozo esineminyaka engama-13 ubudala kwiqela lakhe lokuzingela elalisusa umpu.
Gcina ukhumbule ukuba ezi ziganeko azibandakanyi mhlawumbi imeko eqhelekileyo xa umntwana okanye umntwana esengumntwana engammangaleli umntu omdala kwindawo yakhe yokuzingela. Oku kwenzeka xa umntu oneminyaka engama-12 ubudala wadubula umntu owayezingelayo e-Iowa xa isibhamu sakhe saphumele ngengozi.
Ukhuseleko lokuHlola
Kwakhona, ukukunceda ukukhusela ezi ntlobo zeengozi zokuzingela, ukufunda ngokukhusela ukhuseleko kunye nokukhusela umpu kubalulekile.
Ukukhusela abantwana kwiingozi zokuzingela, ngokukodwa ezo zibandakanya izibhamu, iingcebiso ezikhuselekileyo zokukhusela iquka ukuba umntwana wakho:
- ithatha isifundo semfundo esitshoyo somzingeli okanye ubuncinci, ilawulwa ngokungqalileyo ngumntu othathe iklasi yezemingeli.
- uyayiqonda imithetho yokukhusela ngaphambi kokuba athathe umpu, ngokukodwa ukuba uhlala ekhuselekile kuze kube yilapho ekulungele ukudubula, usoloko ekhomba umbhobho kwisikhokelo esiphephile, kwaye ugcine umnwe wakhe umlenze aze alungiselele umlilo.
- uyazi ukukhulula izibhamu xa ehamba kwindawo yokudubula, xa ephakama umthi okanye i-ladder, okanye ephosa umjelo, njl.
- uyazi indlela yokuphepha ipiliti yakhe ngokuphepha, okuyiyo yokuthintela ukukhunjulwa okungenakuzenzela.
- Ugqoke i-orange (isitya kunye nesambatho), ukwenzela ukuba angabonwa lula ngabanye abazingeli kwaye angadutshulwa ngengozi.
- uyayiqonda indawo yakhe yokuphepha yomlilo kunye neloluhlu lwakhe lomlilo, kwaye uyazi ukuba uhlale eqinisekile ngokubhekiselele ekujoliswe kuyo, kwaye yintoni engaphaya kwayo, phambi kokudubula.
- Ufunda ukuphatha zonke izibhamu njengokungathi zilayishiwe, nangona umntu emxelele ukuba ukhululiwe.
- uyayiqonda imithetho nemimiselo yokuzingela kwendawo.
Njengaye nezinye iintlobo zokukhusela kwabantwana, isicwangciso sokukhusela isicwangciso esihle kakhulu sokukhusela abantwana kwiingozi zokuzingela. Umzekelo, ukuba umntwana wakho uphethe isibhamu sakhe ngokuphepha ngokubhekiselele kwinqanaba elikhuselekileyo, ukhuseleko, kunye nomnwe wakhe ekuthinini, ngoko ke xa ehamba xa ehamba, isibhamu asifanele sitshise okanye sitshitshise nabani na.
Ukuhamba ngokuzingela kunye nentsapho yinkonzo yokuhamba kwiintsana ezininzi. Ukuqonda ukuba inokuba yingozi ayifanele ukuba uthethe ukuba awuwenzi. Kufuneka kukuncede ucinge ngeengozi kwaye ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokukhusela ukhuseleko.
> Imithombo:
> I-International Hunter Education Association. I-Hunter Incident Clearinghouse. 2007 Isishwankathelo seNkcazo.
> Isiko seSizwe sokuKhusela nokuLawulwa koKhuseleko. Iingxelo ze-WISQARS ze-Nonfatal Injury and Reports of Mortality Reports.
> Isikhokelo sokuFundisisa iSatifikethi seMfundo saseCalifornia.