With oil, as Mr Chávez well knows for all his huffing and puffing, aiming this “weapon” is especially difficult, since oil, unlike gas, can be loaded on tankers and sold into a single world market.

对于石油，就像查韦斯先生非常明白的那样，虽然他不断地在进行恐吓和自夸，但是将这种“武器”瞄准目标是一件异常困难的事情。 因为石油不像天然气可以装载罐子里在某个单一的国际市场上出售。

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Police officials have said Mr. Gray had pointed the loaded weapon at the officers before he was shot several times.

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Pointing a loaded weapon at anybody is grounds for a felony charge of assault, and brandishing a gun in front of a police officer is an affront to law enforcement that is seldom taken lightly.

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Individual states did recognize a right to travel armed with a musket to meet the legal obligation to attend militia musters, but states and localities regulated the exercise of this right and in some cases prohibited traveling with a loaded weapon or discharging a weapon at or near a muster.

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