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 Translation for 'gun violence' from English to Icelandic
NOUN   gun violence | -
vopnavald {hv}gun violence
Partial Matches
ofsi {k}violence
ofbeldi {hv}violence
afl {hv}violence
ofbeldishneigð {kv}tendency to violence
ofbeldisverk {hv}act of violence
ofbeldisalda {kv}wave of violence
beita e-n ofbeldito do violence to sb.
vargöld {kv}time of violence and crime
óöld {kv}times of violence and crime
ofbeldishneigður {adj}prepared to use violence [postpos.]
ofbeldishneigður {adj}ready to use violence [postpos.]
ofbeldishneigður {adj}willing to resort to violence [postpos.]
vopn
byssa {kv}
gun
eðlisfr.
rafeindabyssa {kv}
electron gun
verkfæri
naglabyssa {kv}
nail gun
ökut.
bensíngjöf {kv}
gun [throttle]
lögfr.vopn
vopnaeign {kv}
gun possession
hern.
heiðursskot {hv}
gun salute
verkfæri
límbyssa {kv}
hot glue gun
vopn
einhleypa {kv}
single-shot gun
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Usage Examples English
  • Kucinich is graded "F" by the National Rifle Association, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. He also received a 100% lifetime rating from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
  • Other national campaigns of the JCPA have included the Vote On Guns campaign to end gun violence following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and the 2013 "Immigration Nation" campaign in support of comprehensive immigration reform.
  • The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence gave Kennedy a lifetime rating of 100 percent through 2002, while the National Rifle Association gave Kennedy a lifetime grade of "F" (failing) as of 2006.
  • The majority of these were hunting rifles. Gun violence is very rare in Hungary due to the close monitoring and control of firearm ownership.
  • In January 2016, Wyden was one of 18 senators to call on the appropriations committee leadership to hold a hearing on funding for gun violence research at the CDC and spoke with other Democratic senators and researchers supporting federal funding for investigation into gun violence prevention.

  • Silva noted in their research looking through New York Times articles about gun violence and noted that over the sixteen-year period of 2000 until 2016 this media framing would only increase through the time period.
  • Nilsson donated his performance royalties from the song to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
  • She requested House Speaker Ryan and Republicans take action via consideration of legislation expanding background checks or authorizing researchers to use federal dollars to examine public health as it relates to gun violence.
  • The film explores what Moore suggests are the primary causes for the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and other acts of gun violence.
  • In 2003, Malvo and Muhammad were named in a civil lawsuit by the Legal Action Project of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence on behalf of two of their victims who were seriously wounded and the families of some of those murdered.

  • 2015 saw a dramatic increase in the number of violent crimes, including at least 54 deaths due to gun violence, a number not seen since the early 1990s.
  • Between the Columbine massacre and the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting in Texas, more than 214,000 students experienced gun violence at 216 schools, and at least 141 children, educators and other people were killed and another 284 were injured.
  • Some of those in favor of legislation instead prefer to use terms such as "gun-violence prevention", "gun safety", "firearms regulation", "illegal guns", or "criminal access to guns".
  • Carper joined 23 other Senate Democrats in signing a letter supporting Obama taking executive action to reduce gun violence.
  • Stabenow has an "A+" rating from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and an "F" rating from both the NRA and the Gun Owners of America.

  • After the October 2017 Las Vegas shooting, Durbin was one of 24 senators to sign a letter to National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins espousing the view that it was critical the NIH "dedicate a portion of its resources to the public health consequences of gun violence" at a time when 93 Americans die per day from gun-related fatalities and noted that the Dickey Amendment did not prohibit objective, scientific inquiries into shooting death prevention.
  • Johnson believes that allowing concealed carrying of guns reduces crime and gun violence.
  • In 2018, Bacharach released "Live to See Another Day", co-written with Rudy Pérez and featuring the Miami Symphony Orchestra; the song was dedicated to survivors of gun violence in schools, as the proceeds from the release went to the charity Sandy Hook Promise, a non-profit organization founded and led by several family members whose children had been killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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