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1
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Le droit de porter des armes

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The right to bear arms

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Les armes à feu

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Firearms

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Une arme à feu

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A gun

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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’assaut

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An assault rifle

An assault weapon

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Des munitions

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Ammunition

Munitions

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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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Violé (pour un droit)

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Infringed

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Bizarre

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Odd

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Juges

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Justices

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What does the second amendment to the US constitution say?

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“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.”

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Propriétaire d’armes à feu

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A gun-owner

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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 range

A shooting range

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Porter une arme

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To bear a gun
To carry a gun
To wear a gun

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Les ventes d’armes à feu

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Gun sales

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Un permis de port d’arme

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A gun permit

A gun license

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Se faire justice

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To take the law into one’s own hands

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La légitime défense

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Self-defence

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Agir en état de légitime défense

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To act in self-defence

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Un membre d’un groupe d’autodéfense

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A vigilante

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What is the NRA?

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The National Rifle Association of America

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29
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What is the goal of the NRA?

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Promotion of gun ownership in the US

Has close links with the Republican Party

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How many members does the NRA have?

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4 millions

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Who are the largest manufacturers of handguns in the US?

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Smith and Wesson

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32
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Dans l’ensemble

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On balance

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Un probleme controversé

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A controversial issue

A contentious issue

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Un problème sensible, qui suscite de vives réactions

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A hot-button issue

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Le lobby des armes à feu

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The gun lobby

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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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Déclencher

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To prompt

40
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La réglementation du port d’armes

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Gun control

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Avoir accès aux armes à feu

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To have access to guns

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Limiter l’accès aux armes

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To restrict access to guns

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Un contrôle des antécédents (d’un acheteur d’armes)

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A background check

44
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Déclarer une arme

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To register a gun

45
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Un casier judiciaire

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A criminal record

46
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Interdire les armes à feu

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To outlaw guns

To ban guns

47
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projets de loi

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bills

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Approuver

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To sanction

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Tristes

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Grim

50
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How many people were killed by guns in Tennessee in 2006?

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950

51
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Tirer

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To shoot

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Tirer sur quelqu’un

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To shoot at somebody

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Abattre quelqu’un

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To shoot somebody dead

54
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Des coups de feu

Une fusillade

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A shooting

55
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Le meurtre d’un policier

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The shooting of a policeman

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Une fusillade

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A shoot-out

57
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Un coup de feu

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A shot

A gun-shot

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Tirer un coup sur quelqu’un

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To fire a shot at somebody

59
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Etre touche mortellement

Être victime d’un coup de feu mortel

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To be fatally shot

To be mortally wounded

60
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Coups de feu

Fusillade

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Gunfire

Gunfight

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Se suicider

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To commit suicide

To kill oneself

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Se supprimer

Se donner la mort

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To take one’s (own) life

63
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Il a retourne l’arme contre lui même

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He turned the gun on himself

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Les citoyens respectueux de la loi

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The law-abiding

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Since when are pistols banned in New York?

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Since 1911

66
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Le nombre de victimes

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The death toll

67
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Tuer quelqu’un sauvagement

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To slaughter somebody

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Un massacre

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A slaughter

A massacre

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Un carnage

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Carnage

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Une effusion de sang

Un massacre

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Bloodshed

71
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What does the police say about the UK’s gun culture?

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The police claims that drug markets are the main driver of the UK’s burgeoning gun culture

72
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Le moteur principal

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The main driver

73
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Appuyer sur la gâchette

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To pull the trigger
To press the trigger
To squeeze the trigger

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Avoir la gâchette facile

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To be trigger-happy

75
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Etre pris d’un accès de folie meurtrière

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To go on a killing spree
To go on a shooting spree
To go on a shooting rampage

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La criminalité

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Crime

Criminality

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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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Un meurtre

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A murder

80
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Un meurtrier

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A murderer

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Le nombre des victimes

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The death toll

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Copieurs

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Copycats

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Blesser quelqu’un

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To injure somebody

To wound somebody

84
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Une blessure

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A wound

85
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Blessé

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Injured

Wounded

86
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Un cadavre

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A corpse

87
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Un tueur en série

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A serial killer

88
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Un psychopathe

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A psychopath

89
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What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in Germany in 2007/2008?

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0.98

90
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What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in Australia in 2007/2008?

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1.45

91
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What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in France in 2007/2008?

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1.59

92
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What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in the U.K. In 2007/2008?

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2.03

93
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What was the homicide rate pear year per 100 000 inhabitants in the US in 2007/2008?

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5.8

94
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What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 inhabitants in Russia in 2007/2008?

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18

95
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What was the homicide rate per year per 100 000 in South Africa in 2007/2008?

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38.6

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