Gun Culture and Gun Control in the United States

Vocabulary: Gun Law/Legislation

100

Translate to French: What is a ban?

Une interdiction/Une prohibition

200

Translate to French: What is a regulation?

La réglementation

300

Translate to English: What is le contrôle des armes à feux ?

Gun control

400

Translate to English: What is un(e) propriétaire d’armes ?

A gun owner

500

Translate to English: What is le droit de porter des armes ?

The right to bear arms/Open carry

Vocabulary: Gun Violence

100

Translate to French: What is an arm/a weapon?

Une arme

200

Translate to French: What is a bloodshed?

Un carnage / Une effusion de sang

300

True or False: To aim a gun at [somebody] is « viser [qqn] avec une arme » 

True

400

Translate to English: Agresser

To assault

500

What is the National Rifle Association (NRA)?

A lobby that advocates for the right to own and bear arms 

(Un lobby des armes aux États-Unis)

Vocabulary: Protests/Movements

100

Translate to French: What is a demonstrator?

Un(e) manifestant(e)

200

Translate to French: What is a loudspeaker/megaphone?

Un haut-parleur 

300

True or False: An awareness campaign is « une campagne de sensibilisation » 

True

400

Translate to English: What is un(e) manifestant(e) anti-armes ?

An anti-gun demonstrator

500

Translate to English: Manifester pour / contre

To demonstrate for/against

Vocabulary: Mass Shootings

100

Translate to French: What is a trauma?

Un traumatisme

200

Translate to French: What is a mass shooting?

Une tuerie de masse

300

True or False: A gunfight is « une tuerie » 

False: A gunfight is « une fusillade »; « une tuerie » is a slaughter

400

Translate to English: What does it mean to tirer?

To shoot

500

Translate to English: What does it mean to ouvrir le feu sur ?

To open fire on

Synonyms (Multiple Choice & Fill-in-the-Blanks)

100

Which of these is not a firearm?

a) An assault rifle 

b) A semi-automatic rifle 

c) A weapon 

d) A bullet

d) A bullet

200

A person who supports gun control may be ____-gun.

A person who supports gun control may be anti-gun.

300

What is a typical goal of activism?

a) To assault 

b) To hurt 

c) The right to bear arms 

d) To raise people's awareness of an issue

d) To raise people's awareness of an issue

400

Another English expression for the right to bear arms is the right/ability to _______

The ability/right to open carry

500

What is the Second Amendment?

a) The right to not quarter (house) soldiers 

b) The right to vote at the age 18 

c) The right to bear arms 

d) None of the above

c) The right to bear arms