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委内瑞拉禁止民众非法持有枪支
文章来源:未知 文章作者:enread 发布时间:2012-06-01 07:34 字体: [ ] 
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venezuela has brought a new gun law into effect which bans the commercial sale of firearms and 1.

委内瑞拉已实行一项新的枪支管理法:禁止武器弹药的商业销售。

until now, anyone with a gun permit could buy arms from a private company.

under the new law, only the army, police and certain groups like security companies will be able to buy arms from the state-owned weapons manufacturer and importer.

the ban is the latest attempt by the government to improve security and cut crime ahead of elections in october

venezuela saw more than 18,000 murders last year and the capital, caracas, is thought to be one of the most dangerous cities in latin america.

'must do more'

the government has been running a gun amnesty in the run-up to the introduction of the new law to try to encourage people to give up their illegal arms without fear of consequences.

one member of the public in caracas told the bbc: "they're 2 people every day. this law is important but they need to do more, they're not doing enough now."

hugo chavez's government says the ultimate aim is to 3 all 4, but his opponents say the police and government may not have the capacity or the will to enforce the new law.

criminal violence is set to be a major issue in presidential elections later in the year.

campaign group the venezuela violence 5 said last year that violence has risen 6 since mr chavez took office in 1999.

several latin american countries have murder rates far higher than the global average of 6.9 murders per 100,000 people.

according to a recent united nations report, south america, central america and the caribbean have the highest rates of murder by firearms in the world.

it found that over 70% of all homicides in south america are as a results of guns - in western europe, the figure was closer to 25%.



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1 gwvzz     
n.军火,弹药
参考例句:
  • a few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
  • they have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
2 kpbziq     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • last week my brother made a killing on wall street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 0uax2     
v.解除武装,回复平常的编制,缓和
参考例句:
  • the world has waited 12 years for iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
  • he has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。
4 2a8bdc87d05da507ff4534c9c974b785     
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
参考例句:
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • at least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
5 hrgzp     
n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台
参考例句:
  • guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
  • officials from greenwich observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。
6 qukw6     
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
参考例句:
  • the scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
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