Gun Violence Flashcards
1
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Le droit de porter des armes
A
The right to bear arms
2
Q
Les armes à feu
A
Firearms
3
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Une arme à feu
A
A gun
4
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Une arme de poing
A
A handgun
5
Q
Un revolver
A
A revolver
6
Q
Un pistolet
A
A pistol
7
Q
Un fusil de chasse
A
A shotgun
8
Q
Un fusil semi-automatique
A
A semi-automatic rifle
9
Q
Un fusil d’assaut
A
An assault rifle
An assault weapon
10
Q
Des munitions
A
Ammunition
Munitions
11
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Une balle
A
A bullet
12
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Une cartouche
A
A cartridge
13
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Un étui (de revolver)
A
A holster
14
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Violé (pour un droit)
A
Infringed
15
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Bizarre
A
Odd
16
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Juges
A
Justices
17
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What does the second amendment to the US constitution say?
A
“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.”
18
Q
Propriétaire d’armes à feu
A
A gun-owner
19
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Un passionné d’armes à feu
A
A gun enthusiast
20
Q
Un champ de tir
A
A rifle range
A shooting range
21
Q
Porter une arme
A
To bear a gun
To carry a gun
To wear a gun
22
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Les ventes d’armes à feu
A
Gun sales
23
Q
Un permis de port d’arme
A
A gun permit
A gun license
24
Q
Se faire justice
A
To take the law into one’s own hands
25
La légitime défense
Self-defence
26
Agir en état de légitime défense
To act in self-defence
27
Un membre d'un groupe d'autodéfense
A vigilante
28
What is the NRA?
The National Rifle Association of America
29
What is the goal of the NRA?
Promotion of gun ownership in the US
| Has close links with the Republican Party
30
How many members does the NRA have?
4 millions
31
Who are the largest manufacturers of handguns in the US?
Smith and Wesson
32
Dans l'ensemble
On balance
33
Un probleme controversé
A controversial issue
| A contentious issue
34
Un problème sensible, qui suscite de vives réactions
A hot-button issue
35
Le lobby des armes à feu
The gun lobby
36
Le droit de porter une arme
The right to carry arms
37
Les défenseurs du droit de porter des armes
Gun-rights activists
38
Un fabricant d'armes
A gun maker
| A gun manufacturer
39
Déclencher
To prompt
40
La réglementation du port d'armes
Gun control
41
Avoir accès aux armes à feu
To have access to guns
42
Limiter l'accès aux armes
To restrict access to guns
43
Un contrôle des antécédents (d'un acheteur d'armes)
A background check
44
Déclarer une arme
To register a gun
45
Un casier judiciaire
A criminal record
46
Interdire les armes à feu
To outlaw guns
| To ban guns
47
projets de loi
bills
48
Approuver
To sanction
49
Tristes
Grim
50
How many people were killed by guns in Tennessee in 2006?
950
51
Tirer
To shoot
52
Tirer sur quelqu'un
To shoot at somebody
53
Abattre quelqu'un
To shoot somebody dead
54
Des coups de feu
| Une fusillade
A shooting
55
Le meurtre d'un policier
The shooting of a policeman
56
Une fusillade
A shoot-out
57
Un coup de feu
A shot
| A gun-shot
58
Tirer un coup sur quelqu'un
To fire a shot at somebody
59
Etre touche mortellement
| Être victime d'un coup de feu mortel
To be fatally shot
| To be mortally wounded
60
Coups de feu
| Fusillade
Gunfire
| Gunfight
61
Se suicider
To commit suicide
| To kill oneself
62
Se supprimer
| Se donner la mort
To take one's (own) life
63
Il a retourne l'arme contre lui même
He turned the gun on himself
64
Les citoyens respectueux de la loi
The law-abiding
65
Since when are pistols banned in New York?
Since 1911
66
Le nombre de victimes
The death toll
67
Tuer quelqu'un sauvagement
To slaughter somebody
68
Un massacre
A slaughter
| A massacre
69
Un carnage
Carnage
70
Une effusion de sang
| Un massacre
Bloodshed
71
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
72
Le moteur principal
The main driver
73
Appuyer sur la gâchette
To pull the trigger
To press the trigger
To squeeze the trigger
74
Avoir la gâchette facile
To be trigger-happy
75
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
76
La criminalité
Crime
| Criminality
77
Le taux de criminalité
Crime rate
78
Un homme armé
A gunman
79
Un meurtre
A murder
80
Un meurtrier
A murderer
81
Le nombre des victimes
The death toll
82
Copieurs
Copycats
83
Blesser quelqu'un
To injure somebody
| To wound somebody
84
Une blessure
A wound
85
Blessé
Injured
| Wounded
86
Un cadavre
A corpse
87
Un tueur en série
A serial killer
88
Un psychopathe
A psychopath
89
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in Germany in 2007/2008?
0.98
90
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in Australia in 2007/2008?
1.45
91
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in France in 2007/2008?
1.59
92
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in the U.K. In 2007/2008?
2.03
93
What was the homicide rate pear year per 100 000 inhabitants in the US in 2007/2008?
5.8
94
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in Russia in 2007/2008?
18
95
What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 in South Africa in 2007/2008?
38.6
