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firearms

les armes à feu

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a gun

une arme à feu

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a handgun

une arme de poing

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a revolver

un revolver

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a pistol

un pistolet

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a shotgun

un fusil de chasse

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a semi-automatic rifle

un fusil semi-automatique

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an assault rifle, an assault weapon

un fusil d'assaut (2)

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ammunition, munitions

des munitions (2)

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a bullet

une balle

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a cartridge

une cartouche

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a holster

un étui (de revolver)

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a gun-owner

propriétaire d'armes à feu

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a gun enthusiast

un passionné d'armes à feu

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a rifle range, a shooting range

un champ de tir (2)

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to bear, to carry, to wear a gun

porter une arme

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gun sales

les ventes d'armes à feu

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a gun permit, a gun license

un permis de port d'arme (2)

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to take the law into one's own hands

se faire justice

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self-defence

la légitime défense

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to act in self-defence

agir en état de légitime défense

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a vigilante

un membre d'un groupe d'autodéfense

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The National Rifle Association (of America)

La NRA

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a controversial, contentious issue

un problème controversé

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a hot-button issue

un problème sensible, qui suscite de vives réactions

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the gun lobby

le lobby des armes à feu

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the right to carry arms

le droit de porter une arme

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gun-rights activists

les défenseurs du droit de porter des armes

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a gun maker, a gun manufacturer

un fabricant d'armes (2)

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gun control

la réglementation du port d'armes

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to have access to guns

avoir accès aux armes à feu

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to restrict access to guns

limiter l'accès aux armes

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a background check

un contrôle des antécédents (d'un acheteur d'armes)

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to register a gun

déclarer une arme

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a criminal record

un casier judiciaire

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to outlaw, to ban guns

interdire les armes à feu

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to pull, to press, to squeeze the trigger

appuyer sur la gâchette

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to be trigger-happy

avoir la gâchette facile

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the death toll

le nombre de victimes

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to slaughter sb

tuer qn sauvagement

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a slaughter, a massacre

un massacre (2)

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carnage

un carnage

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bloodshed

une effusion de sang, un massacre

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to shoot

tirer

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to shoot at sb

tirer sur qn

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to shoot sb dead

abattre qn

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a shooting

des coups de feu, une fusillade

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the shooting of a policeman

le meurtre d'un policier

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a shoot-out

une fusillade

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a shot, a gunshot

un coup de feu (2)

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to fire a shot at sb

tirer un coup sur qn

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to be fatally shot, mortally wounded

être touché mortellement, victime d'un coup de feu mortel

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gunfire, gunfight

coups de feu, fusillade (2)

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to commit suicide, to kill oneself

se suicider (2)

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to take one's (own) life

se supprimer, se donner la mort

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he turned the gun on himself

il a retourné l'arme contre lui-même

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to go on a killing spree, a shooting spree, a shooting rampage

être pris d'un accès de folie meurtrière (3)

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crime, criminality

la criminalité (2)

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crime rate

le taux de criminalité

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a gunman

un homme armé

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a murder

un meurtre

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a murderer

un meurtrier

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to injure sb, to wound sb

blesser qn

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a wound

une blessure

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injured, wounded

blessé

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a corpse

un cadavre

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a serial killer

un tueur en série

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a psychopath

un psychopathe

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gun violence

la violence par arme à feu

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militia

la milice

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gun ownership

la détention, possession d'une arme

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the handling of

le maniement de

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on balance

dans l'ensemble, globalement

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prompted

suscité, provoqué

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folly

folie, sottise

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right-wing extremist

d'extrême droite

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heavily

fortement, lourdement

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identity marker

signe d'identité

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self-reliance

l'autonomie, l'indépendance, le fait de compter sur soi

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tough

dur, difficile

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strictness

rigueur, sévérité

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homicide rate

le taux d'homicides

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to hold a gun to sb's head

mettre le couteau sous la gorge de qn

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to stick to your guns

camper sur sa position

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to jump the gun

agir prématurément, aller vite en besogne

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the right to bear arms

le droit de porter des armes

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