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Gun Violence - The right to bear arms Flashcards

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1
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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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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

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a cartridge

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un étui

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an holster

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un propriétaire d’arme 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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porter une arme

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to bear/ carry/ wear a gun

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agir en légitime défense

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to act in self-defense

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un permis de port d’arme

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a gun license

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What is the NRA ?

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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

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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 problème sensible

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a hot-button issue

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défenseur du droit de port d’armes

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gun-rights activist

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déclencher

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to prompt

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la règlementation du port d’arme

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gun control

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limiter l’accès aux armes

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to restrict access to guns

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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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criminal record

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un contrôle d’antécédents

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a background check

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projets de lois

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a clutch of bills

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abattre qulqu’un

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to shoot sby dead

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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/ gun shot

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être touché mortellement

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to be fatally shot

to mortally wounded

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Il a retourné l’arme contre lui-même

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He turned the gun on himself

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les citoyens respectueux des lois

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the law-abiding citizens

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le nombre de victimes

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the death toll

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tuer qn sauvagement

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to slaughter sb

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un massacre/ carnage

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a carnage/ massacre/ slaughter

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une effusion de sang

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a bloodshed

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être pris d’un accès de folie meurtrière

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to go on a killing spree

a shooting spree/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 qn

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to injure/wound sb

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un cadavre

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a corpse

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augmenter légèrement

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to nudge up

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approxiamtivement

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roughly speaking

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la jalousie

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envy

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être à l’affût de

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to be on the look out for

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être jaloux

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to be envious

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