Have you ever noticed that the first cowboy to draw his gun in a Hollywood Western is invariably the one to get shot?

不知你注意到没有，好莱坞西部片中第一个拔枪的牛仔总是第一个被击倒？

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She listened quietly as I fumed and sobbed, not saying anything while one of our favourite movies — Dirty Dancing. Less Than Zero, or Top Gun — played in the background.

当我愤怒或者哭泣时，她只是静静的听着我说，而我们最喜欢的电影——情迷哈瓦那，零度以下，壮志凌云——成了最好的背景音乐。

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Canada remains one of the world’s safest countries but in recent years Vancouver, BC’s largest city, has gained notoriety for gun crime, especially among drug gangs.

加拿大仍然是世界上社会治安最好的国家之一。 但近年来，大不列颠哥伦比亚省最大的城市，温哥华，却因为尤其是在贩毒团伙中的枪支犯罪，声名狼藉。

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But one of them raised his gun and shot Booth in the neck.

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He carried a gun in one hand and a knife in the other.

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A little past one o'clock in the afternoon, a Confederate gun fired,once.

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So, suicide tops homicide by nearly two to one in the gun-death business.

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There was only one gun in the village, and for many years it had been kept in the home of the blacksmith.

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Burris marched in with his cap gun in one hand and a Popsicle in the other, wearing his short pants and nothing else, looking like a little stick man.

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