VOA慢速英語：美國最高法院拒絕審理槍支權(quán)利案件

US Supreme Court Rejects Gun Rights Appeal

美國最高法院拒絕審理槍支權(quán)利案件

The United States Supreme Court has rejected another call to decide whether Americans have a legal right to carry guns outside their homes.

美國最高法院再次拒絕裁決美國人是否有合法權(quán)力在家庭以外攜帶槍支。

The high court released rulings on a number of cases Monday. But it refused to hear a case against a California law that sets limits on carrying guns in public.

最高法院周一公布了對若干案件的裁定。但是它拒絕審理一起控告加州限制在公共場所攜帶槍支的法律的案件。

The high court left in place an appeals court ruling in the case.

最高法院保留了上訴法院對該案件作出的裁決。

The appeals court confirmed the legality of a measure to limit permits for concealed weapons -- those placed out of sight.

上訴法院確認(rèn)了一項(xiàng)限制隱蔽武器許可證的措施的合法性。

The Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the United States Constitution guarantees the right to carry a gun, at least for self-defense at home. But the court has refused repeated requests to expand on its understanding of gun rights.

More than 40 states already have rules giving gun owners a right to be armed in public.

最高法院在2008年裁定，美國憲法保證了人們擁有槍支的權(quán)利，至少是用于在家里自衛(wèi)。但是該法院否決了讓它擴(kuò)大對槍支權(quán)利解釋的多次要求。

A new study shows that Americans are as deeply divided about gun policy as they are about immigration, health care and other issues.

一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，美國人在槍支政策方面存在嚴(yán)重分歧，就像在移民、醫(yī)保等問題上一樣。

The Pew Research Center questioned 3,900 people nationwide. The resulting study found sharp differences of opinion between gun owners and those who do not own guns.

皮尤研究中心在全國范圍內(nèi)調(diào)查了3900人。由此得出的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)擁槍者和非擁槍者之間存在嚴(yán)重意見分歧。

The study found that more than half of owners support creation of a federal database for recording gun sales. Eighty percent of those who do not own guns also support such an effort.

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，一半以上的擁槍者支持創(chuàng)建聯(lián)邦數(shù)據(jù)庫記錄槍支銷售。近80%的非擁槍者支持這類措施。

About half of gun owners support a ban on assault weapons, compared to almost 80 percent of non-gun owners.

大約一半的擁槍者支持禁止突擊性武器，相比之下有近80%的非擁槍者支持。

Assault weapons have been compared to guns used in armed conflicts. Gun control activists say such weapons are meant to kill multiple people quickly, and not for civilian use.

突擊性武器已經(jīng)被和武裝沖突中使用了的槍支進(jìn)行比較。控槍活動人士表示，這類武器是為了迅速殺死多人，而不是用于民用。

Yet there was common ground among gun owners and non-gun owners on other issues.

然而在其它問題上，擁槍者和非擁槍者持有共同立場。

Nearly 90 percent of all those questioned believe the government should bar the mentally sick from purchasing guns.

近90%的被調(diào)查者認(rèn)為，政府應(yīng)該禁止精神病人購買槍支。

Also, about 80 percent of those who own guns believe people named on federal no-fly or watch lists should be prevented from buying guns.

此外，近80%的擁槍者認(rèn)為應(yīng)該禁止被列入聯(lián)邦禁飛或監(jiān)控名單上的人士購買槍支。

Strong majorities of both groups support background investigations of those who buy guns from an individual or at gun shows.

這兩群人中的絕大多數(shù)人都支持對從私人手中或在槍支展覽上購買槍支的人士進(jìn)行背景調(diào)查。

The study also found that at least two-thirds of Americans have lived in a home with a gun. About half of those questioned who have never owned a gun said they had fired one.

這項(xiàng)研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)，至少2/3的美國人家里有槍。大約有一半從未有過槍的被調(diào)查者表示他們開過槍。

About 1,300 of the 3,900 people questioned said they own guns. The rest said they did not.

在3900名被調(diào)查者中，大約有1300人自稱有槍，其他人自稱沒槍。

Most of the gun owners described themselves as white males who are members of the Republican Party.

大多數(shù)擁槍者自稱是共和黨白人男子。

The study found that people who live in the Northeastern United States are less likely to own a gun than are people in other parts of the country.

這項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，美國東北部居民比美國其它地區(qū)居民持槍的可能性更低。

I'm Caty Weaver.

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