美國文化脫口秀 第262期:到底多少美國人有槍?

美國槍支暴力泛濫。但到底多少美國老百姓有槍?美國人怎么買槍、用槍?又如何看待槍支問題?今天我們選擇了一篇美國新聞文章，說說美國的槍支文化和槍支管理。

關(guān)鍵詞：

Controversial:備受爭議的

Safety: 安全

Oregon: 俄勒岡

Community college: 社區(qū)大學(xué)

Mass shooting: 大規(guī)模槍擊事件

Gun man: 持槍者

Gun control: 槍支管理

NBC: 美國國家廣播公司

Data: 數(shù)據(jù)

The gun industry: 槍支工業(yè)

Many people get shot: 很多人被槍擊

To shoot a gun: 開搶、射擊

"How big is America's gun business?": 美國的槍支工業(yè)有多大?

Gun violence: 槍支暴力

到底多少美國人有槍

段落一：

"Before a gun can be used to hunt, for protection, or in a mass school shooting like Thursday's tragic killing at Umpqua Community College that left 10 dead, it must be bought. That one sale is a single dot in a multibillion-dollar industry, one that is coming under new scrutiny during the post-massacre gun control debate. Here's a by the numbers breakdown."

Gun:槍

Tragic:悲劇性的

Multibillion-industry: 數(shù)十億/百億美金的工業(yè)

Gun control debate:槍支管理的爭論

Constitution: 憲法

Massacre: 大屠殺

美國槍支數(shù)據(jù)：

$13.5 billion 135億

Annual revenue of gun and ammunition manufacturing industry, with a $1.5 billion profit.

槍支工業(yè)的年?duì)I業(yè)額，利潤為15億美金。

10,847,792 1084萬

The number of pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns and miscellaneous firearms manufactured in the U.S. in 2013, the latest full year available. That's 4,441,726 pistols, 725,282 revolvers, 3,979,570 rifles, 1,203,072 shotguns, and 495,142 miscellaneous firearms.

2013年，美國各類槍支被持有的數(shù)量為一千零八十四萬把。

Pistol: 手槍

Revolver: 左輪手槍

Rifle:步槍

Shotgun: 獵槍

Firearm: 武器

Weapon: 武器

5

Average number of firearms owned by a gun owner once you toss out the top 3% of gun owners who own more than 25 guns.

每個(gè)槍支擁有者平均持有5把槍，但是前3%的持有人擁有超過25把槍。

31%

Percentage of American households with guns.

31%的美國家庭擁有槍。

29%, 43.7%, 55.9%

Adults living in a household with firearms: percentage by suburbs, other urban areas, and rural counties, respectively.

住在郊區(qū)、市區(qū)和遠(yuǎn)郊的成人居民持有槍支的比例。