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1
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les armes à feu

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firearms

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une arme de poing

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a handgun

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un revolver

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a revolver

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un pistolet

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a pistol

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un fusil de chasse

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a shotgun

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un fusil semi-automatique

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a semi-automatic rifle

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un fusil d’assault

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an assault weapon/rifle

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des munitions

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ammunition

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une balle

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a bullet

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une cartouche

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a cartridge

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un étui ( de revolver)

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a holster

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un passionné d’armes à feu

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a gun enthusiast

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un champ de tir

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a rifle/shooting range

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porter une arme

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to bear, carry, wear a gun

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les ventes d’armes à feu

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gun sales

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un permit de port d’arme

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a gun license/permit

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se faire justice

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to take the law into one’s own hands

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agir en état de légitime défense

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to act in self-defense

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un membre d’un groupe d’auto défense

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a vigilante

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un problème controversé

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a controversial, contentious issue

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un pb sensible qui suscite de vives réactions

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a hot-button issue

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le droit de porter une arme

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the right to carry arms

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les défenseurs du droit de porter des armes

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gun-rights activists

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un fabricant d’armes

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a gun maker
a gun manufacturer

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la réglementation du port d’armes

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gun control

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avoir/limiter l’accès aux armes à feu

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to have/restrict access to guns

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un contrôle des antécédents

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a background check

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déclarer une arme

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to register a gun

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un casier judiciaire

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a criminal record

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interdire les armes à feu

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to outlaw, ban guns

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tirer

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to shoot

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tirer sur qqn

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to shoot at somebody

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tirer un coup sur quelqu’un

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to fire a shot at sb

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abattre qqn

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to shoot at sb

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des coups de feu

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a shooting

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une fusillade

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a shoot-out

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un coup de feu

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a shot, a gunshot

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être touché mortellement, victime d’un coup de feu mortel

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to be fatally shot, mortally wounded

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se supprimer, se donner la mort

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to take one’s own life

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il a retourné l’arme contre lui-même

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he turned the gun on himself

41
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tuer qqn sauvagement

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to slaughter sb

42
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un massacre

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a slaughter

43
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une effusion de sang

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a bloodshed

44
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avoir la gâchette facile

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to be trigger-happy

45
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être pris d’un accès de folie meurtrière

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to go on a killing spree/a shooting rampage

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le taux de criminalité

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crime rate

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un homme armé

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a gunman

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blesser qqn

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to injure sb, to wound sb

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une blessure

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a wound

50
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un cadavre

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a corpse

51
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mettre le couteau sous la gorge de qqn

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to hold a gun to sb’s head

52
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camper sur ses positions

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to stick to your guns

53
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agir prématurément
aller vite en besogne

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to jump the gun

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