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GunRightsintheUS
ImmediatelyaftertheshootingatVirginiaTechUniversity,Americansgatheredtomourn(致哀)thedead.Thepresidentandthestategovernorbothhurriedtheretosharethe (51).ButthemajorityofAmericansstillclingtotheirrightto (52)weapons.
Strictlyspeaking,theUSisnottheonlycountry (53)gunviolencehasdestroyedlives,familiesandcommunitiesineverydaycircumstance.ButtheUSisoneofthe (54)countriesthatseemunwillingandpoliticallyincapableofdoinganythingserioustostopit.
IncountrieslikeBritainandCanada,thegovernmentadoptedstricter (55)controlsoonafterseriousgunviolenceincidents.USleaders,however,areheld (56)bythegunlobby(院外活动集团)andtheelectoral(选举的)system.
ThepowerfulNationalRifleAssociation,themajorsupporterofgun (57)intheUS,istoostrongforanypartytotakeon.MostRepublicansopposeguncontrol
Anyway (58)theyears,theDemocratshavefoundthattheycaneithercampaignforguncontrolorwinpower,not (59);theypreferpower.
AccordingtotheUSBureauofJusticeStatistics,firearm(火器)incidentsaccounted (60)ninepercentofthe4.7millionviolentcrimesin2005.So,althoughopinionpollsshowmostAmericanswantstrictergunlaws,manydon'twanttogiveuptheirarmsthey (61)toprotectthemselves.
DaveHancock,aVirginiagunlover,isoneexample.Inaninterviewhesaid,"IfoneprofessorintheVirginiaincidenthadbeencarryingalegalweapon,theymighthavebeenableto (62)allthis."Inhisopinion,themassacre(大屠杀)isanargumentformorepeopletocarryweapons,notfewer.
ButattherootofAmericans'clingingtotherighttobeararmsisnotjustafearofcrime,butamistrustof (63),commentedUK'sGuardiannewspaper.
OneVirginiaresident,whohadapermittocarryaconcealed(隐藏的)firearm,toldtheGuardianthatitwas (64)American'sresponsibilitytohaveagun.
"Eachperson,"hesaid,"shouldnotrelysolely (65)thegovernmentforprotection."
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