[時事英文] Gun Control

在佛州高中爆發槍擊事件幾週後，公共壓力 (public pressure)迅速迫使各企業採取具體行動，達美航空宣布終止提供全國步槍協會（National Rifle Association, NRA）成員的折扣優惠 ，且零售業者沃爾瑪、Dick對槍枝銷售機型祭出限制 (set gun restrictions)。特朗普總統也在一場白宮會議上表態支持施行槍支管制 (support gun control)，這比他之前發表的讓學校職員持槍的提議天差地別，當然也震驚多數共和黨成員。

由於同學常寫信問我美國槍械暴力的問題，以下編寫了關於關於此議題的時事英文詞彙，希望幫助大家了解和探討美國的槍枝政策。同時也感謝特朗普大大目前沒有繼續提議要老師在教書時帶槍枝。

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1. embrace gun control 樂意採納槍支管制
2. urge lawmakers 敦促議員
3. resurrect gun safety legislation 新啟動槍支安全立法
4. be opposed by 遭到…的反對
5. National Rifle Association (NRA) 美國步槍協會
6. vast majority of … 絕大多數…
7. call for comprehensive gun control legislation 呼籲制定全面的槍支管制法案
8. expand background checks 擴大背景核查
9. gun shows 槍支展
10. keep guns from the mentally ill 防止精神病患者獲得槍支
11. restrict gun sales from some young adults 限制某些年輕人購買槍支
12. a ban on assault weapons 攻擊性武器禁令
13. law enforcement authorities 執法當局
14. seize guns 奪取槍支
15. go through due process 走正當法律程序
16. NRA lobbyists 美國步槍協會的遊說者
17. issue statements 發表聲明
18. gun control measures 槍支管制措施
19. Constitutional protections 憲法保護
20. launch a lobbying campaign 發起一場遊說活動
21. universal background checks 全面背景核查
22. a bipartisan bill 兩黨共同提出的一個法案
23. gun-control advocate 槍支管控的倡導者
24. push for new gun restrictions 積極推行新的槍支限制措施
25. remain uncertain 依然不確定
26. polarize the country 分化全國

"President Trump stunned Republicans on live television by embracing gun control and urging a group of lawmakers at the White House to resurrect gun safety legislation that has been opposed for years by the powerful National Rifle Association and the vast majority of his party. In a remarkable meeting in the Roosevelt Room, the president veered wildly from the NRA playbook in front of giddy Democrats and stone-faced Republicans. He called for comprehensive gun control legislation that would expand background checks to weapons purchased at gun shows and on the internet , keep guns from the mentally ill, secure schools and restrict gun sales from some young adults. He even suggested a conversation on an assault weapons ban.

川普總統在電視直播中支持槍支管制，令共和黨人感到震驚。他在白宮敦促一群議員重新啟動槍支安全立法。該立法行動多年來一直遭到強大的美國步槍協會(National Rifle Association)和共和黨絕大多數成員的反對。在羅斯福廳舉行的一次引人注目的會議上，在欣喜的民主黨人和臉色陰沉的共和黨人面前，總統大大背離了美國步槍協會的主張。他呼籲制定全面的槍支管制法案，擴大對在槍支展和互聯網上購買武器的背景核查，防止精神病患者獲得槍支，保衛學校的安全，限制某些年輕人購買槍支。他甚至建議就攻擊性武器禁令展開對話。"

Complete article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/politics/trump-gun-control.html

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美國為何就是不禁槍: http://hottopic.chinatimes.com/20160613004377-260803

美國槍械暴力問題: https://goo.gl/t1Decr

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時事英文新聞 (Breaking News): http://goo.gl/3EnOO6

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Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/politics/trump-gun-control.html
https://money.udn.com/money/story/5599/3012166
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/world-43138634

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