Gun Violence - The right to bear arms Flashcards

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la possession d’arme à feu/ pistolet

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Firearm/gun/handgun ownership

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aboutir

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to result in

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Glock

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a famous gun brand

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utiliser qlqc comme prétexte pour

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to use stg as a pretext for +ing

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une ruée vers les armes

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a rush on guns

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faire respecter la loi

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to enforce law

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des lois peu restrictives/modérées pour le contrôle des armes

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mild gun-control laws

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le regain/ la reprise

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the revival

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raviver

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to revive

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exercer un droit

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to exercise a right

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être sur que

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to be bound to

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s’enfuir

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to flee

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déménager/s’installer ailleurs ou délocaliser

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to relocate

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de portée considérable/ de grande portée

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far-reaching

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faire des ravages

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to wreak havoc

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dépasser les bornes

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to overstep the line

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être exagérer

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to be overkill

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ravages/ chaos

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havoc

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dans une certaine mesure

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to some extent

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une société qui a la gâchette facile

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a trigger-happy society

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une posture/ position

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a stance

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What does the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution provide ?

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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” –> unclear but is an individual right

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23
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munitions

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ammunitions/ munitions

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une balle

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a bullet

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une cartouche
a cartridge
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un étui
an holster
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un propriétaire d'arme à feu
a gun-owner
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un passionné d'armes à feu
a gun enthusiast
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porter une arme
to bear/ carry/ wear a gun
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agir en légitime défense
to act in self-defense
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un permis de port d'arme
a gun license
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What is the NRA ?
The National Riffle Association aims to promote gun ownership and has close links with the Republican Party. 4m members The most powerful gun lobbying organization in the US. Funded by largest gun-makers (Smith and Wesson). Uses Studies to argue that liberalizing gun ownership diminishes violent crime as perceived as a form of dissuasion.
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un membre de groupe d'auto-défense
a vigilante
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un problème controversé
a controversial/ contentious issue
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un problème sensible
a hot-button issue
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défenseur du droit de port d'armes
gun-rights activist
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déclencher
to prompt
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la règlementation du port d'arme
gun control
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limiter l'accès aux armes
to restrict access to guns
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déclarer une arme
to register a gun
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un casier judiciaire
criminal record
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un contrôle d'antécédents
a background check
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projets de lois
a clutch of bills
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abattre qulqu'un
to shoot sby dead
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une fusillade
a shoot-out
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un coup de feu
a shot/ gun shot
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être touché mortellement
to be fatally shot | to mortally wounded
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Il a retourné l'arme contre lui-même
He turned the gun on himself
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les citoyens respectueux des lois
the law-abiding citizens
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le nombre de victimes
the death toll
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tuer qn sauvagement
to slaughter sb
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un massacre/ carnage
a carnage/ massacre/ slaughter
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une effusion de sang
a bloodshed
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être pris d'un accès de folie meurtrière
to go on a killing spree | a shooting spree/rampage
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le taux de criminalité
crime rate
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un homme armé
a gunman
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blesser qn
to injure/wound sb
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un cadavre
a corpse
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augmenter légèrement
to nudge up
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approxiamtivement
roughly speaking
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la jalousie
envy
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être à l'affût de
to be on the look out for
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être jaloux
to be envious