They also persuaded the judge to allow evidence from five former female acquaintances of Spector, who claimed that at various times in the past 30 years, he had threatened them with guns.

他们还说服法官采信了斯佩克特的五位女性密友的证言，证言表明菲尔曾在过去的30年中多次用手枪威胁她们。

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They fired anti-aircraft munitions from vehicle-mounted guns at buildings as they passed them.

他们沿路炸毁搁置在民房上的供车载武器使用的防空炮弹。

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Suddenly, guns were fired again, and a group of pirates ran from the woods and on to the stockade. They climbed over the fence like monkeys while the squire and Gray fired at them.

忽然，枪声又响起来，一群海盗从树林里窜出来向围栏跑来，然后像猴子一样敏捷地爬上围栏。

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He said it would even protect them from bullets fired by the white men's guns.

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The fact is we have taken steps to improve background checks, which goes at the issue of preventing those who should not have guns from acquiring them.

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It would also require increased cooperation by states with the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and would prohibit people deemed by the courts as unfit to own guns from obtaining them.

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So the question is simple: what is the best way to ensure that those who should not have access to guns are kept away from them in the first place?

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