Gun Violence Flashcards
Le droit de porter des armes
The right to bear arms
Les armes à feu
Firearms
Une arme à feu
A gun
Une arme de poing
A handgun
Un revolver
A revolver
Un pistolet
A pistol
Un fusil de chasse
A shotgun
Un fusil semi-automatique
A semi-automatic rifle
Un fusil d’assaut
An assault rifle
An assault weapon
Des munitions
Ammunition
Munitions
Une balle
A bullet
Une cartouche
A cartridge
Un étui (de revolver)
A holster
Violé (pour un droit)
Infringed
Bizarre
Odd
Juges
Justices
What does the second amendment to the US constitution say?
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Propriétaire d’armes à feu
A gun-owner
Un passionné d’armes à feu
A gun enthusiast
Un champ de tir
A rifle range
A shooting range
Porter une arme
To bear a gun
To carry a gun
To wear a gun
Les ventes d’armes à feu
Gun sales
Un permis de port d’arme
A gun permit
A gun license
Se faire justice
To take the law into one’s own hands
La légitime défense
Self-defence
Agir en état de légitime défense
To act in self-defence
Un membre d’un groupe d’autodéfense
A vigilante
What is the NRA?
The National Rifle Association of America
What is the goal of the NRA?
Promotion of gun ownership in the US
Has close links with the Republican Party
How many members does the NRA have?
4 millions
Who are the largest manufacturers of handguns in the US?
Smith and Wesson
Dans l’ensemble
On balance
Un probleme controversé
A controversial issue
A contentious issue
Un problème sensible, qui suscite de vives réactions
A hot-button issue
Le lobby des armes à feu
The gun lobby
Le droit de porter une arme
The right to carry arms
Les défenseurs du droit de porter des armes
Gun-rights activists
Un fabricant d’armes
A gun maker
A gun manufacturer
Déclencher
To prompt
La réglementation du port d’armes
Gun control
Avoir accès aux armes à feu
To have access to guns
Limiter l’accès aux armes
To restrict access to guns
Un contrôle des antécédents (d’un acheteur d’armes)
A background check
Déclarer une arme
To register a gun
Un casier judiciaire
A criminal record
Interdire les armes à feu
To outlaw guns
To ban guns
projets de loi
bills
Approuver
To sanction
Tristes
Grim
How many people were killed by guns in Tennessee in 2006?
950
Tirer
To shoot
Tirer sur quelqu’un
To shoot at somebody
Abattre quelqu’un
To shoot somebody dead
Des coups de feu
Une fusillade
A shooting
Le meurtre d’un policier
The shooting of a policeman
Une fusillade
A shoot-out
Un coup de feu
A shot
A gun-shot
Tirer un coup sur quelqu’un
To fire a shot at somebody
Etre touche mortellement
Être victime d’un coup de feu mortel
To be fatally shot
To be mortally wounded
Coups de feu
Fusillade
Gunfire
Gunfight
Se suicider
To commit suicide
To kill oneself
Se supprimer
Se donner la mort
To take one’s (own) life
Il a retourne l’arme contre lui même
He turned the gun on himself
Les citoyens respectueux de la loi
The law-abiding
Since when are pistols banned in New York?
Since 1911
Le nombre de victimes
The death toll
Tuer quelqu’un sauvagement
To slaughter somebody
Un massacre
A slaughter
A massacre
Un carnage
Carnage
Une effusion de sang
Un massacre
Bloodshed
What does the police say about the UK’s gun culture?
The police claims that drug markets are the main driver of the UK’s burgeoning gun culture
Le moteur principal
The main driver
Appuyer sur la gâchette
To pull the trigger
To press the trigger
To squeeze the trigger
Avoir la gâchette facile
To be trigger-happy
Etre pris d’un accès de folie meurtrière
To go on a killing spree
To go on a shooting spree
To go on a shooting rampage
La criminalité
Crime
Criminality
Le taux de criminalité
Crime rate
Un homme armé
A gunman
Un meurtre
A murder
Un meurtrier
A murderer
Le nombre des victimes
The death toll
Copieurs
Copycats
Blesser quelqu’un
To injure somebody
To wound somebody
Une blessure
A wound
Blessé
Injured
Wounded
Un cadavre
A corpse
Un tueur en série
A serial killer
Un psychopathe
A psychopath
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in Germany in 2007/2008?
0.98
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in Australia in 2007/2008?
1.45
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in France in 2007/2008?
1.59
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in the U.K. In 2007/2008?
2.03
What was the homicide rate pear year per 100 000 inhabitants in the US in 2007/2008?
5.8
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in Russia in 2007/2008?
18
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 in South Africa in 2007/2008?
38.6
